---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to complaints filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners."
description: "Relating to complaints filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3442"
citation: "Texas HB 3442 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Buckley", "Guillen", "Powell", "Rogers", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1317d4b7-5845-482d-ab23-35be508a1700"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3442.xml"
source_hash: "cbe8736ea0d0016de8751ac5e5ae455ee08760eb4af85c326d4f2b6a3b4b14a3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 3442 (87) — Relating to complaints filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03442I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03442E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03442H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03442S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03442F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-18** Motion to suspend regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Motion withdrawn
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1317d4b7-5845-482d-ab23-35be508a1700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).