---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "Texas SB 968 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PODIATRISTS & PODIATRY (S0162)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2900d739-0e1c-44d7-95d9-8261ab24f5dc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 968.xml"
source_hash: "a1e9f791271060f6fe55e9e41a40cfddb317496c25d3479477cb4f861515dae9"
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 968 (89R) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of podiatry.

## 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/SB00968I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00968E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00968H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00968S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00968F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **115–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/2900d739-0e1c-44d7-95d9-8261ab24f5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).