---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; authorizing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules on ineligibility to renew a certification, registration, or license issued by the commission; specifying conditions for the imposition of administrative sanctions by the commission."
description: "Relating to the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; authorizing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules on ineligibility to renew a certification, registration, or license issued by the commission; specifying conditions for the imposition of administrative sanctions by the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2106"
citation: "Texas SB 2106 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDICIAL BRANCH CERTIFICATION COMMISSION (V1001)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Julie", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30789864-be66-4361-8ebb-d763224b9b0e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2106.xml"
source_hash: "d8428e1658203f506ca3b0c2421b35fc1a72d0c55c7871000deffb4db6923650"
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 2106 (88) — Relating to the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; authorizing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules on ineligibility to renew a certification, registration, or license issued by the commission; specifying conditions for the imposition of administrative sanctions by the commission.

## 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/SB02106I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02106E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02106H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02106S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02106F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-18** 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/30789864-be66-4361-8ebb-d763224b9b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).