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Texas Legislature · SB 681 · Effective on 9/1/25

Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration

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Became law
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Officially: “Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration. Read the full text

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89th Legislature (2025)

Where it is

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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Dec 19, 2024
Filed · Dec 19, 2024
Read first time · Feb 3, 2025
Referred to Business & Commerce · Feb 3, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Mar 11, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 11, 2025
Left pending in committee · Mar 11, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 18, 2025
Vote taken in committee · Mar 18, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Mar 19, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · Mar 19, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · Mar 19, 2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar · Apr 10, 2025
Laid before the Senate · Apr 10, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · Apr 10, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · Apr 10, 2025
Three day rule suspended · Apr 10, 2025
Record vote · Apr 10, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 10, 2025
Passed · Apr 10, 2025
Record vote · Apr 10, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 10, 2025
Received from the Senate · Apr 14, 2025
Read first time · Apr 17, 2025
Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures · Apr 17, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 29, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · Apr 29, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Apr 29, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 9, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 9, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 10, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 19, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · May 21, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 21, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading · May 21, 2025
Record vote · May 21, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 21, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 22, 2025
Passed · May 22, 2025
Record vote · May 22, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 22, 2025
House passage as amended reported · May 23, 2025
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate · May 26, 2025
Read · May 26, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s) · May 26, 2025
Record vote · May 26, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported · May 26, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 26, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 27, 2025
Signed in the House · May 28, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 28, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025

The numbers

2
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

HughesPaul

Recorded votes

SBi681 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-22 · Yeas 144, Nays 0, Present, not voting 2
CSSBi681 was passed to third reading byHouse · 2025-05-21 · Yeas 140, Nays 0, Present, not voting 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective on 9/1/25 (Jun 20, 2025).