Bill Commons

TX HB 3801

enacted

Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 3801 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3801 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 3801 about?

TX HB 3801 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3801?

Orr, Frank, Pierson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3801, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Orrprimary
  • Frankprimary
  • Piersonprimary
  • Bucyprimary
  • Cookprimary
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

  19. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-20

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-05-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-12

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

  30. 2025-05-08

    Reported engrossed

  31. 2025-05-08

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-08

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-05-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-05-07

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-07

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-07

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-05-07

    Laid out as postponed business

  40. 2025-05-06

    Postponed

  41. 2025-05-06

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-06

    Placed on General State Calendar

  43. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  45. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  47. 2025-04-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  49. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-04-07

    Left pending in committee

  51. 2025-04-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  52. 2025-04-07

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  53. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  55. 2025-03-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  56. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-07 · pass · 114-32

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

  • passage

    2025-05-08 · pass · 110-36

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Button: 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
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: 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
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Luja: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3801 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-25 · pass · 25-6

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

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 25-6

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3801.xml

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