TX HB 1639

• CANCER (S0658)
• Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)
• FIRE PROTECTION, TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0035)
• Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)
• Interim Studies (I0448)
• STATE HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)
• Women (I0925)

• Pattersonprimary
• Collierprimary
• Alvaradoprimary
• Morales Shawcosponsor
• Parkercosponsor
• Blancocosponsor
• Hagenbuchcosponsor
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
• Metcalfcosponsor

Not provided by source.

1. 2024-12-16

   Filed

   filing

2. 2025-03-12

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

3. 2025-03-12

   Referred to Public Health

   referral-committee

4. 2025-04-14

   Considered in public hearing

5. 2025-04-14

   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

6. 2025-04-14

   Left pending in committee

7. 2025-04-17

   Considered in formal meeting

8. 2025-04-17

   Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

   committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

9. 2025-04-21

   Considered in public hearing

10. 2025-04-21

    Vote reconsidered in committee

11. 2025-04-21

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

12. 2025-04-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

13. 2025-04-28

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

14. 2025-04-28

    Committee report distributed

15. 2025-04-28

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

16. 2025-05-05

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

17. 2025-05-07

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

18. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

19. 2025-05-07

    Passed to engrossment

20. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

21. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

22. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

23. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

24. 2025-05-07

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

25. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

26. 2025-05-08

    Received from the House

    introduction

27. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

28. 2025-05-08

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

29. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

30. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

31. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken in committee

32. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

33. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

34. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

35. 2025-05-19

    Co-sponsor authorized

36. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

37. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

38. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

39. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

40. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

41. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

42. 2025-05-20

    Vote recorded in Journal

43. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

44. 2025-05-20

    Vote recorded in Journal

45. 2025-05-20

    Three day rule suspended

46. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

47. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

48. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

49. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

50. 2025-05-20

    Senate passage reported

    passage

51. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

52. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

53. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

54. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

55. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

56. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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  2025-05-07 · pass · 141-7

  Member-level votes (8)

  • Cain: no
  • Cook: no
  • Cunningham: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Noble: no
  • Oliverson: no
  • Vasut: no
  • Virdell: no

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1639 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-05-20 · pass · 28-3

  Member-level votes (31)

  • Alvarado: yes
  • Bettencourt: yes
  • Birdwell: yes
  • Blanco: yes
  • Campbell: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Creighton: yes
  • Eckhardt: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Gutierrez: yes
  • Hagenbuch: 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
  • Sparks: yes
  • West: yes
  • Zaffirini: yes
  • Hall: no
  • Hughes: no
  • Schwertner: no

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