---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1968"
citation: "Texas SB 1968 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "REAL ESTATE AGENTS (S1129)", "REAL ESTATE BROKERS (S0214)", "TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION (V4353)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Harless", "Harris", "King", "Schwertner", "Thompson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf098e2d-9cb6-45dd-9259-8da394217292"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1968.xml"
source_hash: "d50d2d3bcecbd3a1a0c454d5df73751aa7243f21f8973c2219be7b18eaadf250"
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 1968 (89R) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01968I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01968E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01968H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01968S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01968F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Postponed
- **2025-05-09** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-21** Read
- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-22** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-22** Effective on 1/1/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf098e2d-9cb6-45dd-9259-8da394217292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).