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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy."
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description: "Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 262"
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citation: "Texas SB 262 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ACCOUNTING & ACCOUNTANTS (S4321)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0994)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Manuel", "Perry", "Plesa"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-11-12"
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last_action: "2025-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/014eceaa-1c9d-47ec-afd5-8bd1d310e1fa"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 262.xml"
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source_hash: "36685b3f96976371a8689f29574c3e601db2732d7a3e7d36486c255ba403ee51"
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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 262 (89R) — Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00262I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00262E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00262H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00262S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00262F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **147–0** (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 CSSB 262 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Manuel — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Plesa — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-02-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-02-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-02-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-02-27** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-06** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
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- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-03-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-11** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-11** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-11** Record vote
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- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Record vote
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- **2025-03-11** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-23** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-04-23** Record vote
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- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Record vote
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- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-24** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-08** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `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/014eceaa-1c9d-47ec-afd5-8bd1d310e1fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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