republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/851/sb-20.md

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Bill	Relating to avoiding the abolishment of certain agencies subject to the Texas Sunset Act.	Relating to avoiding the abolishment of certain agencies subject to the Texas Sunset Act.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	851	SB 20	Texas SB 20 (851)	bill	State Agencies Boards & Commissions (I0749) Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772) EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0308) MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS TEXAS ST. BD. OF EXAMINERS OF (V0280) MEDICAL BOARD TEXAS (V0644) PSYCHOLOGISTS TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF (V0281) SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS STATE BOARD OF (V0289)	enacted	Gonzales, Larry Taylor, Van	5	56	0	2017-07-10	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/3f7d060c-20d8-48bd-9215-bf55212d9dfc	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 20.xml	7706419170f61793e28ba3f0717f6dc570f918137d0436ac3873f62263ea04a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 20 (851) — Relating to avoiding the abolishment of certain agencies subject to the Texas Sunset Act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Gonzales, Larry — primary (person)
• Taylor, Van — primary (person)
• Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Lucio — cosponsor (person)
• Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-07-10 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2017-07-10 Filed filing
• 2017-07-18 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-07-18 Referred to Business & Commerce referral-committee
• 2017-07-18 Posting rule suspended
• 2017-07-18 Record vote
• 2017-07-18 Posting rule suspended
• 2017-07-18 Record vote
• 2017-07-18 Rules suspended
• 2017-07-18 Record vote
• 2017-07-18 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2017-07-18 Considered in public hearing
• 2017-07-18 Testimony taken in committee
• 2017-07-18 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-07-18 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2017-07-19 Co-author authorized
• 2017-07-19 Laid before the Senate
• 2017-07-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2017-07-19 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-19 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-07-19 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-07-19 Passed to engrossment as amended
• 2017-07-19 Record vote
• 2017-07-19 Statement(s) submitted
• 2017-07-20 Co-author authorized
• 2017-07-20 Laid before the Senate
• 2017-07-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2017-07-20 Passed passage
• 2017-07-20 Record vote
• 2017-07-20 Reported engrossed
• 2017-07-20 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2017-08-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-08-01 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-08-02 Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
• 2017-08-02 Considered in formal meeting
• 2017-08-02 Left pending in committee
• 2017-08-07 Considered in formal meeting
• 2017-08-07 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2017-08-07 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2017-08-07 Committee report distributed
• 2017-08-08 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2017-08-08 Considered in Calendars
• 2017-08-10 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2017-08-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2017-08-10 Passed to 3rd reading
• 2017-08-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2017-08-11 Passed passage
• 2017-08-11 Record vote
• 2017-08-11 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-11 House passage reported
• 2017-08-11 Reported enrolled
• 2017-08-11 Signed in the Senate
• 2017-08-11 Signed in the House
• 2017-08-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective immediately

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f7d060c-20d8-48bd-9215-bf55212d9dfc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).