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Bill Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit. Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 4538 Texas HB 4538 (88)
bill
Agriculture (I0020)
Animals (I0035)
PERMITS (S0011)
SIGNS (S0235)
STATE HEALTH SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE (U64M3)
enacted
Kacal
LaMantia
5 51 1 2023-03-09 2023-06-13 openstates ocd-bill/1f714eb7-14a8-4a25-af0e-023d87cb7e1e ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4538.xml 3c1096c0dc221285c41fd620052f2efd72d66c23b42437e127bce796dff269ae 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 4538 (88) — Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit.

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 — 12014 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kacal — primary (person)
  • LaMantia — primary (person)
  • Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-09 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-22 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-22 Referred to Agriculture & Livestock referral-committee
  • 2023-04-05 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-05 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-05 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-05 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-12 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-12 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-12 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2023-04-12 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-27 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-27 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-01 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2023-05-03 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2023-05-06 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2023-05-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-06 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-05-06 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-06 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-06 Record vote
  • 2023-05-06 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-06 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-05-08 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-05-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-05-10 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
  • 2023-05-22 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-23 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-23 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-24 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2023-05-24 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-24 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-24 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-26 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-27 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-13 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f714eb7-14a8-4a25-af0e-023d87cb7e1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).