---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the criminal history record information requirement for applicants for renewal of a license issued by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
description: "Relating to the criminal history record information requirement for applicants for renewal of a license issued by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Texas SB 297 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Frullo", "Perry", "Sanford", "Stephenson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebfc499b-c555-4e81-91a5-ff8cf697dd2c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 297.xml"
source_hash: "3baf71b2217089c93a2c40374e096341798a5f7118d5069380f9275b59fc255d"
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 297 (87) — Relating to the criminal history record information requirement for applicants for renewal of a license issued by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

## 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/SB00297I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00297E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00297H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00297S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00297F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord 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/ebfc499b-c555-4e81-91a5-ff8cf697dd2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).