---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings."
description: "Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Texas HB 1071 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Courts--General (I0160)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Collier", "Harris", "Leach", "Ramos", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7fb00e-84cf-4ca1-b802-6c29e82abf8c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1071.xml"
source_hash: "01fec254b624a8736aa469b0c361118467608d0a73aea3fd0919429bfaaf8b0e"
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 1071 (87) — Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy dog in certain court proceedings.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01071I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01071F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–4** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **137–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-31** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-05-12** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** Record vote
- **2021-05-12** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-12** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7fb00e-84cf-4ca1-b802-6c29e82abf8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).