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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
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description: "Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 139"
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citation: "Texas HB 139 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Buckley", "Goldman", "Powell", "Slawson", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-11-09"
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last_action: "2021-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 139.xml"
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source_hash: "d251edb1bdd399283eb2b492db8060329186dc9ee40ad22920c22276f3e4f8c2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 139 (87) — Relating to state occupational licensing of certain military veterans and military spouses.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00139F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bowers — primary (person)
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- Buckley — primary (person)
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- Goldman — primary (person)
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- Powell — primary (person)
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- Slawson — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Record vote
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- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-12** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-03** Record vote
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- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-03** Record vote
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- **2021-05-04** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-04** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-05** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-05** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f4f4d2-cc9e-4eea-aaae-7f038124e9fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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