---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a person's eligibility for an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty."
description: "Relating to a person's eligibility for an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Texas HB 1342 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Hinojosa", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Leach", "Rose", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33fce3e8-00d8-42b0-8485-12f1493c6e18"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1342.xml"
source_hash: "a4cbdbbba45337486502e72a7908947e835b9a3c19b205eb015ecf712799f5b0"
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 1342 (86) — Relating to a person's eligibility for an occupational license; providing an administrative penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01342I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33fce3e8-00d8-42b0-8485-12f1493c6e18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).