---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of the industry-based certification advisory council and the transfer of certain duties to that advisory council."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the industry-based certification advisory council and the transfer of certain duties to that advisory council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3938"
citation: "Texas HB 3938 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic & Industrial Development--General (I0214)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Governor (I0375)", "INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (VE92Z)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (U0010)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Bell, Keith", "Button", "Gates", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Powell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/524a648e-727e-4c45-a40d-ddd20d988177"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3938.xml"
source_hash: "56cd5d2dab1e2f4233eadd26b82c44d5b5843c928688ae04bdfc89bc78574cd0"
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 3938 (87) — Relating to the establishment of the industry-based certification advisory council and the transfer of certain duties to that advisory council.

## 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/HB03938I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03938E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03938H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03938S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03938F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **148–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/524a648e-727e-4c45-a40d-ddd20d988177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).