---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations."
description: "Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "Texas HB 1237 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf19927-8127-4aea-bf6d-3d3c4ebf7fb2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1237.xml"
source_hash: "3e31eb0302c64762b2859c69f379c3e711ed21c2107546ba79fe490c54510bd5"
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 1237 (89R) — Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01237I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01237E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01237H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01237S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01237F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–9** (pass) · lower
- passage — **98–35** (pass) · lower
- passage — **98–35** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Environmental Regulation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf19927-8127-4aea-bf6d-3d3c4ebf7fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).