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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program."
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description: "Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2026"
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citation: "Texas HB 2026 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "RURAL (S0467)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "González, Mary", "LaMantia", "Raney", "Rogers", "Stucky"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 78
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85f71907-3814-44e3-a190-f49c43597838"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2026.xml"
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source_hash: "9da3ce083db2d801258b83639e85364a25d87b962df4f998e1518f6d0482fd55"
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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 2026 (88) — Relating to the Rural Veterinarian Incentive Program.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02026I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02026F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **118–26** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **115–20** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **118–26** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **112–33** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Darby — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- LaMantia — primary (person)
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- Raney — primary (person)
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- Rogers — primary (person)
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- Stucky — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-27** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-01** Record vote
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- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-08** Considered by subcommittee
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- **2023-05-08** Reported from s/c with no recommendation
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- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-18** Record vote
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- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-18** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-27** Record vote
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** Effective immediately `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/85f71907-3814-44e3-a190-f49c43597838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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