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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal."
description: "Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4069"
citation: "Texas HB 4069 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals (I0035)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Meyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/935e600c-bb2a-4007-b8d5-ccc2c654b21c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4069.xml"
source_hash: "92c1eaa6026bf770121e528d6bf914dc3f2eb85ba22fbafd081beae108bcf56d"
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 4069 (88) — Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04069I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04069E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04069H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04069S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04069F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4069 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1307** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-23** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/935e600c-bb2a-4007-b8d5-ccc2c654b21c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).