---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners."
description: "Relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Texas SB 230 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Seliger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-04"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd88f54e-87c6-4cac-8177-2f2a9bd0f8d8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 230.xml"
source_hash: "a312ef02ddc3f7cc75bdeee5b58af9915a961e43ee19d14b8d8e3fa7fe5c8334"
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 230 (87) — Relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners.

## 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/SB00230I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00230E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00230H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00230S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00230F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-22** No action taken in committee
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-13** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-13** Read
- **2021-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** 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/dd88f54e-87c6-4cac-8177-2f2a9bd0f8d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).