---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
description: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Texas HB 139 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Buckley", "Goldman", "Powell", "Slawson", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 139.xml"
source_hash: "d251edb1bdd399283eb2b492db8060329186dc9ee40ad22920c22276f3e4f8c2"
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 139 (87) — Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses.

## 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/HB00139I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-04** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-05** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-05** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** 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/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).