TX HB 18

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• Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)
• Health Care Providers (I0387)
• HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
• Health--Rural (I0381)
• Hospitals (I0400)
• Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)
• Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)
• RURAL HEALTH STABILIZATION & INNOVATION ACT (P52B0)
• STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)
• State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)
• State Finances--Appropriations (I0746)
• State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)
• STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HOSPITAL FINANCE (VE2AY)

• Perryprimary
• Lambertprimary
• Kingprimary
• Johnsonprimary
• Ashbyprimary
• VanDeaverprimary
• Landgrafcosponsor
• Metcalfcosponsor
• Spillercosponsor
• Blancocosponsor
• Hagenbuchcosponsor
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
• Kolkhorstcosponsor
• Sparkscosponsor
• Bonnencosponsor
• Buckleycosponsor
• Florescosponsor
• Guillencosponsor
• Harriscosponsor

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1. 2025-03-07

   Filed

   filing

2. 2025-03-10

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

3. 2025-03-10

   Referred to Public Health

   referral-committee

4. 2025-03-24

   Considered in public hearing

5. 2025-03-24

   Committee substitute considered in committee

   substitution

6. 2025-03-24

   Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

7. 2025-03-24

   Left pending in committee

8. 2025-04-07

   Considered in public hearing

9. 2025-04-07

   Committee substitute considered in committee

   substitution

10. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

11. 2025-04-14

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

12. 2025-04-14

    Committee report distributed

13. 2025-04-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

14. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

15. 2025-04-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

16. 2025-04-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

17. 2025-04-22

    Postponed

18. 2025-04-22

    Laid out as postponed business

19. 2025-04-22

    Postponed

20. 2025-04-23

    Laid out as postponed business

21. 2025-04-23

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

22. 2025-04-23

    Point of order withdrawn (amendment)

    withdrawal

23. 2025-04-23

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

24. 2025-04-23

    Amended

    amendment-passage

25. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

26. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

27. 2025-04-23

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

28. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

29. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

30. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

31. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

32. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

33. 2025-04-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

34. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

35. 2025-04-24

    Received from the House

    introduction

36. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

37. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

38. 2025-05-07

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

39. 2025-05-07

    Co-sponsor authorized

40. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

41. 2025-05-07

    Testimony taken in committee

42. 2025-05-07

    Left pending in committee

43. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

44. 2025-05-13

    Vote taken in committee

45. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

46. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

47. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

48. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

49. 2025-05-25

    Co-sponsor authorized

50. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

51. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

52. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

53. 2025-05-25

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

54. 2025-05-25

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

55. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

56. 2025-05-25

    Passed to 3rd reading

57. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

58. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

59. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

60. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

61. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

62. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

63. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

64. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments distributed

65. 2025-05-26

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

66. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

67. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

68. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

69. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

70. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

71. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

72. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

73. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

74. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

75. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

76. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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• passage

  2025-04-23 · pass · 106-33

  Member-level votes (151)

  • Alders: yes
  • Allen: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dutton: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Holt: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: 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
  • Richardson: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Toth: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Anchía: no
  • Bhojani: no
  • Bryant: no
  • Canales: no
  • Cole: no
  • Collier: no
  • Davis, A.: no
  • Davis, Y.: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Garcia Hernandez: no
  • Gervin-Hawkins: no
  • González, J.: no
  • Goodwin: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hernandez: no
  • Hinojosa: no
  • Jones, J.: no
  • Jones, V.: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Manuel: no
  • Morales, C.: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Reynolds: no
  • Romero: no
  • Rose: no
  • Rosenthal: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Thompson: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Turner: no
  • Wu: no
  • Zwiener: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker(C): not voting
  • Flore: not voting
  • Campos: absent
  • Garcia, J.: absent
  • Garcia, L.: absent
  • Hunter: absent
  • Johnson: absent
  • King: absent
  • Longoria: absent
  • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
  • Shaheen: absent

• passage

  2025-04-24 · pass · 119-24

  Member-level votes (152)

  • Alders: yes
  • Allen: 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
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dutton: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Holt: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: 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
  • Richardson: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Talarico: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Tinderholt: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Anchía: no
  • Cain: no
  • Canales: no
  • Cole: no
  • Collier: no
  • Dorazio: no
  • Flores: no
  • Garcia Hernandez: no
  • González, J.: no
  • Goodwin: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Hinojosa: no
  • Jones, J.: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Manuel: no
  • Meza: no
  • Morgan: no
  • Reynolds: no
  • Rosenthal: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Toth: no
  • Turner: no
  • Wu: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Harris(C): not voting
  • Morales Shaw: not voting
  • Zwiene: not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Hefner: absent
  • Martinez Fische: absent

• passage

  2025-05-25 · pass · 26-5

  Member-level votes (31)

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

• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 18 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-05-25 · pass · 26-5

  Member-level votes (31)

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

• other

  2025-05-25 · fail · 9-22

  Member-level votes (31)

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

• passage

  2025-05-28 · pass · 115-18

  Member-level votes (151)

  • Alders: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: 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 Hernandez: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • King: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Olcott: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Pierson: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Bryant: no
  • Bumgarner: no
  • Cunningham: no
  • Garcia, L.: no
  • González, J.: no
  • Harrison: no
  • Leo Wilson: no
  • Lowe: no
  • Morales, C.: no
  • Reynolds: no
  • Richardson: no
  • Rose: no
  • Schoolcraft: no
  • Shofner: no
  • Tinderholt: no
  • Toth: no
  • Troxclair: no
  • Zwiener: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Allen: absent
  • Anchía: absent
  • Guerra: absent
  • Harris: absent
  • Hinojosa: absent
  • Jones, J.: absent
  • Kerwin: absent
  • Longoria: absent
  • Money: absent
  • Talarico: absent
  • Canales: absent
  • Collier: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Kitzman: absent
  • Orr: absent
  • Wilso: absent

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