---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners."
description: "Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1523"
citation: "Texas SB 1523 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Blanco", "Buckley", "Oliverson", "Rogers", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/390576fa-ee9a-4c5b-b958-0c9ed35a01b7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1523.xml"
source_hash: "4bd4209b2d5bd5612a803a880a5de8255cee06537bc25e36e9a1c3faf09830fb"
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 1523 (88) — Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01523I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01523E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01523H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01523S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01523F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-04** Read
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/390576fa-ee9a-4c5b-b958-0c9ed35a01b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).