TX HB 25

enacted

Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 25 pass?

Yes. TX HB 25 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-17. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 25 about?

TX HB 25 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 25?

Wilson, Harris, Shofner and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 25, joined by 91 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-18
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-18
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-18
Referred to Public Health
referral-committee
2025-08-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-22
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-22
Left pending in committee
2025-08-25
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-25
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-08-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-25
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-26
Committee report distributed
2025-08-26
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-26
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-27
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-08-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-27
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-27
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-27
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-27
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-27
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-27
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-27
Passed to engrossment
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-27
Passed
passage
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-27
Reported engrossed
2025-08-27
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-27
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-27
Referred to Health & Human Services
referral-committee
2025-08-27
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-27
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-27
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-27
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-27
Printing rule suspended
2025-08-27
Ordered not printed
2025-08-27
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-27
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Three day rule suspended
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-27
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-27
Passed
passage
2025-08-27
Record vote
2025-08-28
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-08-28
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-08-28
Signed in the House
passage
2025-08-28
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-08-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-17
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-27 · pass · 20-6
Member-level votes (185)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Eckhardt: absent
- Menéndez: absent
- Miles: absent
- West: absent
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Darby: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lalani: no
- Lambert: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Geren: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Noble: absent
- Vo: absent
- Barry: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Campos: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Perez, M.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Absent: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 25 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-08-27 · pass · 21-5
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Eckhardt: absent
- Menéndez: absent
- Miles: absent
- West: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB25

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