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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "Texas HB 1311 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "PROFESSIONAL GEOSCIENTISTS", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0223)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Lambert", "Nevárez", "Paddie", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c43eac1-0c5e-4335-b492-0b9ec52208a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1311.xml"
source_hash: "e4b81d883a5413f7f74dd4689d712d13fb9fb6f2b0079342971ad2c84a463f5f"
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 1311 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.
## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB01311I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12116** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11115** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Flynn — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Record vote
- **2019-04-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-01** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-02** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-05-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c43eac1-0c5e-4335-b492-0b9ec52208a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).