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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the regulation of hearing aids and the practices of audiology and the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments."
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description: "Relating to the regulation of hearing aids and the practices of audiology and the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments."
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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: "SB 2017"
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citation: "Texas SB 2017 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES (S0124)", "AUDIOLOGISTS (S2339)", "HEARING DISORDERS (S0136)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS (S1174)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Price", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63260c01-6d82-4358-900a-b674b3437357"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2017.xml"
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source_hash: "7cbca7aebf03c8f2cc6de7966f76fcf5fdaf885778e71db3944aeed81f74e5d9"
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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 SB 2017 (88) — Relating to the regulation of hearing aids and the practices of audiology and the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments.
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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/SB02017I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02017E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02017H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02017S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02017F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **128–15** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2017 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Price — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-24** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** 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/63260c01-6d82-4358-900a-b674b3437357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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