---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration."
description: "Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 681"
citation: "Texas SB 681 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V1198)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4f34aa-42a7-4e7c-ba27-d0d096010777"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 681.xml"
source_hash: "7a016b46da8adcc3f54219010b1804268ee2ad98b62e92c7095fca5c219546df"
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 681 (89R) — Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.

## 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/SB00681I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-26** Read
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/da4f34aa-42a7-4e7c-ba27-d0d096010777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).