---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine."
description: "Relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1414"
citation: "Texas SB 1414 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ade2277-6529-4701-940f-87489c4a7b1a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1414.xml"
source_hash: "d65ed42b91f4d14e7e5ab58bf0a1950e36403085b640916294a14b0f6f989f4f"
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 SB 1414 (87) — Relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine.

## 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/SB01414I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01414E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01414H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01414S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01414F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ade2277-6529-4701-940f-87489c4a7b1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).