republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-993.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry."
description: "Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Texas SB 993 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPTOMETRY & OPTOMETRISTS (S9811)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD (V0305)", "THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS (S0051)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Hancock", "Klick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ae0cd9-917e-4c5c-a3c6-575fead7c3f8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 993.xml"
source_hash: "69292ba649760a115c6c2f30ba4ca20ab3b5196a6f7197e0aa30ef8f9a4c74cf"
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 993 (87) — Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00993I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00993F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7ae0cd9-917e-4c5c-a3c6-575fead7c3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).