---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services."
description: "Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2337"
citation: "Texas SB 2337 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "FINANCIAL ADVISORS (S0548)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "Human Relations (I0410)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 84
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01b4bb3c-cdcd-4baa-9821-366ed7266441"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02300_SB02399/SB 2337.xml"
source_hash: "045205abe8aaaad0a69b6ed8e9316454dc9f8157f42e2ed4ae9c84f16c49be3f"
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 2337 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of the provision of proxy advisory services.

## 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/SB02337I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02337E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02337H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02337S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02337F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–41** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **92–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **92–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/01b4bb3c-cdcd-4baa-9821-366ed7266441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).