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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services."
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description: "Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services."
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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 992"
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citation: "Texas SB 992 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["King", "Nichols"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea847f6-a137-4442-a46c-d41d1bd9c842"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 992.xml"
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source_hash: "b3307c28cdf28b36b1f40f2e200ff7eaa1de224d766f820375eb142f18db3fdb"
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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 992 (89R) — Relating to the procedure by which the attorney general approves or denies approval of a state agency contract for outside legal services.
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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/SB00992I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00992E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00992H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00992S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00992F.HTM)
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## Votes
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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 992 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **111–33** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **118–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- King — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-02-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-02-24** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-06** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
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- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-12** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-12** Record vote
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- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Record vote
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- **2025-03-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/eea847f6-a137-4442-a46c-d41d1bd9c842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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