---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees."
description: "Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3743"
citation: "Texas HB 3743 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f661023f-5fcd-4187-bd55-15e6a183e93a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3743.xml"
source_hash: "0072a614b3a298675a2a2892ad6f4a45b73bcd5880595bfe19b89678c4528db7"
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 3743 (88) — Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.

## 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/HB03743I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03743F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f661023f-5fcd-4187-bd55-15e6a183e93a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).