---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to annual continuing education requirements for certain court clerks."
description: "Relating to annual continuing education requirements for certain court clerks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1831"
citation: "Texas HB 1831 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Rogers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a52dd709-cfe4-4911-ab2c-e3f40dbbdf18"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1831.xml"
source_hash: "36f645201a8bd2320053cf9ec1d74b5facf1e01f52988f409d7f4069b574c37b"
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 1831 (87) — Relating to annual continuing education requirements for certain court clerks.

## 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/HB01831I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01831E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01831H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01831S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01831F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a52dd709-cfe4-4911-ab2c-e3f40dbbdf18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).