---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program."
description: "Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Texas HB 1259 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0000)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "Animals (I0035)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "RURAL (S0467)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Buckley", "Darby", "Rogers", "Seliger", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a04c36-b618-4ea1-bd62-c759454bc844"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1259.xml"
source_hash: "52f14a1351b2d1c8dc31f583b2aa612c6d22a57971cacb4e20d37b1625f50bff"
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 1259 (87) — Relating to the rural veterinarian incentive program.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01259I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01259F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **121–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a04c36-b618-4ea1-bd62-c759454bc844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).