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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee."
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description: "Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 1501"
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citation: "Texas HB 1501 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Governor (I0375)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)", "PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES (S0175)", "PSYCHOLOGISTS (S2025)", "SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WORKERS (S0030)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL", "TEXAS (V1133)", "EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0308)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (V0256)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS", "TEXAS ST. BD. OF EXAMINERS OF (V0280)", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF (V0281)", "PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT COMMISSION (V1257)", "SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0289)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nevárez", "Nichols"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 67
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf2cc285-c8d6-4e7d-8cd5-811c6f8df284"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1501.xml"
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source_hash: "e40d267938b1834880bfc3b42f9ff205c1880b4a4c31f46f972f3f25ade1256f"
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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 HB 1501 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council and to the continuation and transfer of the regulation of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and social workers to the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council; providing civil and administrative penalties; authorizing a fee.
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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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01501I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **134–13** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **129–14** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **129–14** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nevárez — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-25** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-09** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2019-04-09** Record vote
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- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-10** Record vote
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- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-14** Record vote
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- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Record vote
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- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `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/cf2cc285-c8d6-4e7d-8cd5-811c6f8df284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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