republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-764.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician."
description: "Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 764"
citation: "Texas SB 764 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICIANS & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS (S0288)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phelan", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bdb5091-ed5e-457f-9b15-cb4914a57246"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 764.xml"
source_hash: "e6644a47ea8310cea418896a8837507d62203005d27ed8c9ddd40486ade6f5f9"
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 764 (89R) — Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician.

## 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/SB00764I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00764E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00764H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00764S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00764F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 764 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phelan — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-06** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Record vote
- **2025-03-11** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **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 reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bdb5091-ed5e-457f-9b15-cb4914a57246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).