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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation."
description: "Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2155"
citation: "Texas SB 2155 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "Animals (I0035)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Open Records (I0548)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "VETERINARIANS (S0072)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Buckley", "Canales", "Hull", "Kitzman", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 77
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea9d2d6-788d-4ca9-83f8-404fa004b4c1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2155.xml"
source_hash: "9b8a437d26660f9aac172404c69d38c79350eb9bc2bcaa7f93110fa36d84341a"
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 SB 2155 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02155I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02155E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02155H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02155S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02155F.HTM)
## Votes
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10828** (pass) · lower
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage to engrossment — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2155 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **282** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11326** (pass) · lower
- passage — **12616** (pass) · lower
- passage — **292** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10828** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kitzman — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-08** Record vote
- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Record vote
- **2025-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-22** Read
- **2025-05-22** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-22** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-22** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-22** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-22** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-22** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ea9d2d6-788d-4ca9-83f8-404fa004b4c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).