republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-905.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 905"
citation: "Texas SB 905 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDIOLOGISTS (S2339)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS (S1174)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ecfebba-a556-4730-bc24-9e8b700ed0a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 905.xml"
source_hash: "01c0937ae94200197e811ec86e546fe92c403faec62c034631fd585cacfb9c4a"
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 905 (89R) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.

## 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/SB00905I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00905E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00905H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00905S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00905F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 905 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **123–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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** 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/6ecfebba-a556-4730-bc24-9e8b700ed0a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).