TX SB 2155
enactedRelating 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
- Introduced
- 2025-03-10
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
- ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)
- Animals (I0035)
- Electronic Information Systems (I0311)
- EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)
- LICENSING & REGULATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)
- Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)
- Open Records (I0548)
- PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)
- RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)
- VETERINARIANS (S0072)
- VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF (V0118)
- VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)
Sponsors
- Perryprimary
- Kitzmanprimary
- Bell, Keithprimary
- Hullprimary
- Canalesprimary
- Buckleyprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-10
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-10
Filed
filing
2025-03-24
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-24
Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-31
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-31
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-31
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-31
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-31
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-02
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-08
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-08
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-08
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-08
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-08
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-08
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-08
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-08
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-08
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-08
Record vote
2025-04-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-08
Passed
passage
2025-04-08
Record vote
2025-04-08
Reported engrossed
2025-04-09
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-17
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-17
Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-25
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-16
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-20
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-20
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-20
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-20
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-21
Passed
passage
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
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 refuses to concur
2025-05-22
Senate requests conference committee
2025-05-22
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-22
Senate refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-22
Senate requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-22
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-23
House grants request for conference committee
2025-05-23
House appoints conferees
2025-05-23
House grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-23
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-26
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-27
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-29
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-29
Record vote
2025-05-29
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-29
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-05-30
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-05-31
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-20
See remarks for effective date
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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
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 1550
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