---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment."
description: "Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3848"
citation: "Texas HB 3848 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELEVATORS (S6759)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Hernandez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2310c273-80d2-49b4-9504-c79d364b6ce9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3848.xml"
source_hash: "74ffda577d479d6f4eadd066974b832dc75f6b69b6f13ccc541dafcd66349072"
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 3848 (89R) — Relating to the electronic submission of inspection reports and filing fees for the inspection of elevators, escalators, and related equipment.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03848I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03848E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03848H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03848S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03848F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **101–30** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **116–16** (pass) · lower
- passage — **101–30** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2310c273-80d2-49b4-9504-c79d364b6ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).