---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state."
description: "Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1818"
citation: "Texas SB 1818 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "McQueeney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6bf5f8-46f8-4b83-9d18-8d17420a7990"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1818.xml"
source_hash: "8a3752e41ccc8a08c07ac0d57a916580f90314aa9be9df7a7aeeb9555cf4ce27"
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 1818 (89R) — Relating to the issuance of a license or provisional license to certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

## 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/SB01818I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01818E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01818H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01818S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01818F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- McQueeney — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **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 Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-23** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/fa6bf5f8-46f8-4b83-9d18-8d17420a7990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).