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Bill Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, including eligibility for an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration or certification. Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, including eligibility for an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration or certification. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 1859 Texas HB 1859 (88)
bill
AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS (S0896)
CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
Education--Nonpublic Schools--Vocational/Avocational (I0222)
Education--Primary & Secondary--Vocational (I0240)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)
LICENSING & REGULATION
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)
Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)
REFRIGERANTS & REFRIGERATION (S0123)
TECHNICAL EDUCATION (S0453)
enacted
Bell, Keith
Goldman
Perry
Schaefer
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1859 (88) — Relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, including eligibility for an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration or certification.

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

Votes

  • passage — 9452 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 2110 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2110 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9451 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bell, Keith — primary (person)
  • Goldman — primary (person)
  • Perry — primary (person)
  • Schaefer — primary (person)
  • Garcia — cosponsor (person)
  • Slaton — cosponsor (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-03 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-07 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-07 Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures referral-committee
  • 2023-03-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-15 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-03-15 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-03-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-03-22 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-22 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-03-22 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-12 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-12 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-13 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-04-19 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-04-24 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-04-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-24 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-04-24 Record vote
  • 2023-04-24 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-25 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-25 Record vote
  • 2023-04-25 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-25 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-26 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-04-26 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-26 Referred to Business & Commerce referral-committee
  • 2023-05-04 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-04 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-05-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-05-09 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-09 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-10 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-10 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-11 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-12 Not again placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-15 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-15 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-15 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-15 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-15 Record vote
  • 2023-05-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-16 Record vote
  • 2023-05-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-16 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-16 Record vote
  • 2023-05-17 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-17 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-18 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-18 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-02 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-02 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/986b3810-dfdf-428c-a8c6-e412d810d76b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).