---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses."
description: "Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1247"
citation: "Texas SB 1247 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae6ed6cc-ca91-478e-b280-26ea232cbe71"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1247.xml"
source_hash: "77cded9a422c9e9fc723a6d769e934bd828645dfd6c23e234dc9aeff111434c4"
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 SB 1247 (89R) — Relating to consolidating certain nonresident hunting licenses.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01247I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01247E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01247H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01247S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01247F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae6ed6cc-ca91-478e-b280-26ea232cbe71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).