---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Texas HB 1520 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "ACCOUNTING & ACCOUNTANTS (S4321)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Lambert", "Nevárez", "Paddie", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d994aee-a76c-41ec-b89f-69c2cc86e998"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1520.xml"
source_hash: "1a681baa5776a3d80004e5ab2207fa1725c742cad84499505f59d8decda2251c"
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 1520 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB01520I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **104–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-22** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Record vote
- **2019-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-10** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d994aee-a76c-41ec-b89f-69c2cc86e998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).