republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-912.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems."
description: "Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 912"
citation: "Texas SB 912 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Guillen"]
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/4250c6c3-5342-4e97-bf7c-4a45613e1761"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 912.xml"
source_hash: "952867e97d2ea8df9da55d8036c1364f870771ef428ef0ad5d5651a1d4d6bf56"
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 912 (89R) — Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

## 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/SB00912I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00912E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00912H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00912S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00912F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **91–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **87–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (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`
- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-22** Read
- **2025-05-22** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **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/4250c6c3-5342-4e97-bf7c-4a45613e1761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).