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TX HB 1237

enacted

Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1237 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1237 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 1237 about?

TX HB 1237 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1237?

Guillen, Zaffirini are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1237.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Guillenprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-17

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-17

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-17

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-25

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-25

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-04-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-01

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  11. 2025-05-01

    Committee report distributed

  12. 2025-05-02

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  13. 2025-05-05

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  14. 2025-05-07

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  15. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-07

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-14

    Posting rule suspended

  30. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  35. 2025-05-25

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  36. 2025-05-25

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  37. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  40. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-25

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-25

    Senate Amendments distributed

  46. 2025-05-25

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  47. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  48. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  51. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  52. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  53. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  54. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  55. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  56. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  57. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-07 · pass · 139-9

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Bonnen: no
    • Buckley: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harris: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 98-35

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bonnen: no
    • Buckley: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Orr: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • J: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Richardson: absent
    • V: absent

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