---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program."
description: "Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2026"
citation: "Texas HB 2026 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "RURAL (S0467)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "González, Mary", "LaMantia", "Raney", "Rogers", "Stucky"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 78
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85f71907-3814-44e3-a190-f49c43597838"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2026.xml"
source_hash: "9da3ce083db2d801258b83639e85364a25d87b962df4f998e1518f6d0482fd55"
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 2026 (88) — Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02026I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–26** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **115–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **118–26** (pass) · upper
- passage — **112–33** (pass) · lower
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Stucky — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered by subcommittee
- **2023-05-08** Reported from s/c with no recommendation
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85f71907-3814-44e3-a190-f49c43597838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).