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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration."
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description: "Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration."
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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 681"
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citation: "Texas SB 681 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V1198)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Paul"]
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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: "2024-12-19"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da4f34aa-42a7-4e7c-ba27-d0d096010777"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 681.xml"
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source_hash: "7a016b46da8adcc3f54219010b1804268ee2ad98b62e92c7095fca5c219546df"
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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 681 (89R) — Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration.
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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/SB00681I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00681F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-19** 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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- **2025-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-18** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-19** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Record vote
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- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-26** Read
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- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-26** Record vote
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- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** 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/da4f34aa-42a7-4e7c-ba27-d0d096010777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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