---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals."
description: "Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2007"
citation: "Texas HB 2007 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Leach", "Martinez", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/729cb57e-c22e-4f78-b805-0254b33f433c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2007.xml"
source_hash: "8717c3a03797e37ef6686bedd0910c4214311b04b9f60bbcb782794b1c835c7e"
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 2007 (88) — Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02007I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02007E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02007H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02007S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02007F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holland — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/729cb57e-c22e-4f78-b805-0254b33f433c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).