Bill Commons

TX SB 262

enacted

Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 262 pass?

Yes. TX SB 262 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-08. Latest recorded action (2025-05-08): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX SB 262 about?

TX SB 262 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to eligibility requirements to practice public accountancy.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 262?

Perry, Button, Plesa and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 262, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-05-08 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Perryprimary
  • Buttonprimary
  • Plesaprimary
  • Manuelprimary
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-18

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-18

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-02-27

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-04

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-04

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-04

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-03-11

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-03-11

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  17. 2025-03-11

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  18. 2025-03-11

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-03-11

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-03-11

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-03-11

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-03-11

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-03-11

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-03-11

    Three day rule suspended

  25. 2025-03-11

    Record vote

  26. 2025-03-11

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  27. 2025-03-11

    Passed

    passage

  28. 2025-03-11

    Record vote

  29. 2025-03-11

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-03-12

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  36. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  37. 2025-04-23

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  38. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-04-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  40. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  41. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  45. 2025-04-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-04-24

    House passage reported

    passage

  47. 2025-04-24

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  48. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  49. 2025-04-28

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  50. 2025-04-29

    Signed in the House

    passage

  51. 2025-04-29

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  52. 2025-05-08

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  53. 2025-05-08

    Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-03-11 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 262 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-11 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 147-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • 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
    • Bumgarner: 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Schofield: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 144-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • 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
    • Bumgarner: 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
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Olcot: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 262.xml

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