---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations, activities, and agreements; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration and an occupational license."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations, activities, and agreements; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration and an occupational license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2847"
citation: "Texas HB 2847 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Driver Education & Training (I0219)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "AUDIOLOGISTS (S2339)", "BARBERS (S6907)", "BOILERS (S0314)", "COSMETOLOGISTS (S9799)", "DIETETICS & DIETITIANS (S0394)", "ELEVATORS (S6759)", "INTERIOR DESIGNERS (S6600)", "LASER HAIR REMOVAL & FACILITIES (S0664)", "MIDWIVES & MIDWIFERY (S0762)", "MOLD & MOLD REMEDIATION (S0522)", "MOTOR VEHICLE LEASING (S0146)", "ORTHOTICS & ORTHOTISTS (S0125)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PODIATRISTS & PODIATRY (S0162)", "PROSTHETISTS & PROSTHETICS (S0195)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 86
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0e1911e-276c-4cb5-ab44-fe3d87a22ee8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2847.xml"
source_hash: "7eacc40b29368d5c242d85f4ccbcfb81265e702da0db3c2a414d00c604fde990"
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 2847 (86) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain occupations, activities, and agreements; providing a civil penalty; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational registration and an occupational license.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02847I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–5** (pass) · lower
- other — **100–42** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-04-24** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/a0e1911e-276c-4cb5-ab44-fe3d87a22ee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).