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TX SB 2155

enacted

Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2155 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2155 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 2155 about?

TX SB 2155 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the regulation of veterinary professionals and facilities by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the temporary administration of the board by the Department of Licensing and Regulation.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2155?

Perry, Kitzman, Bell, Keith and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2155.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Perryprimary
  • Kitzmanprimary
  • Bell, Keithprimary
  • Hullprimary
  • Canalesprimary
  • Buckleyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-29

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-27

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-26

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-23

    House appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-23

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-23

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-23

    House grants request for conference committee

  20. 2025-05-22

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-22

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-22

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-22

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-22

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-22

    Senate refuses to concur

  26. 2025-05-22

    Read

  27. 2025-05-22

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-21

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-20

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  41. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  42. 2025-04-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-04-25

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-04-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  45. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Agriculture & Livestock

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  49. 2025-04-09

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  50. 2025-04-08

    Reported engrossed

  51. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  52. 2025-04-08

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-04-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  54. 2025-04-08

    Record vote

  55. 2025-04-08

    Three day rule suspended

  56. 2025-04-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  57. 2025-04-08

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-04-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-04-08

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  60. 2025-04-08

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  61. 2025-04-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  62. 2025-04-08

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  63. 2025-04-08

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  64. 2025-04-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  65. 2025-04-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  66. 2025-04-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  67. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  68. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  69. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  70. 2025-03-31

    Vote taken in committee

  71. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken in committee

  72. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  73. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  74. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs

    referral-committee

  75. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  76. 2025-03-10

    Filed

    filing

  77. 2025-03-10

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-08 · pass · 0-0

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-04-08 · pass · 0-0

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2

    2025-04-08 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2155 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-08 · pass · 28-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hughes: no
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 126-16

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: 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
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • J: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 113-26

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: 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
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cook: no
    • Gates: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Leo Wilso: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 108-28

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

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Creighton: no
    • Hughes: no

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