Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Filed · Mar 7, 2025
Read first time · Mar 10, 2025
Referred to Public Health · Mar 10, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Mar 24, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 24, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · Mar 24, 2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · Mar 24, 2025
Left pending in committee · Mar 24, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 7, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · Apr 7, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Apr 7, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · Apr 14, 2025
Committee report distributed · Apr 14, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · Apr 15, 2025
Considered in Calendars · Apr 17, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · Apr 22, 2025
Read 2nd time · Apr 22, 2025
Postponed · Apr 22, 2025
Laid out as postponed business · Apr 22, 2025
Postponed · Apr 22, 2025
Laid out as postponed business · Apr 23, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · Apr 23, 2025
Point of order withdrawn (amendment) · Apr 23, 2025
Amendment withdrawn · Apr 23, 2025
Amended · Apr 23, 2025
Record vote · Apr 23, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 23, 2025
Passed to engrossment as amended · Apr 23, 2025
Record vote · Apr 23, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 23, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 24, 2025
Passed · Apr 24, 2025
Record vote · Apr 24, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 24, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 24, 2025
Received from the House · Apr 24, 2025
Read first time · Apr 28, 2025
Referred to Health & Human Services · Apr 28, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · May 7, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 7, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 7, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · May 7, 2025
Left pending in committee · May 7, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 13, 2025
Vote taken in committee · May 13, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 19, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 19, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 21, 2025
Placed on intent calendar · May 21, 2025
Co-sponsor authorized · May 25, 2025
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 25, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · May 25, 2025
Amendment fails of adoption · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 25, 2025
Passed · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Senate passage as amended reported · May 26, 2025
Senate Amendments distributed · May 26, 2025
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · May 26, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) · May 28, 2025
Record vote · May 28, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 28, 2025
Text of Senate Amendment(s) · May 28, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported · May 28, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 29, 2025
Signed in the House · May 30, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 31, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 31, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective immediately · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
14
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 18 prevailed byHouse · 2025-05-28 · Yeas 115, Nays 18, Present, not voting 1
The motion prevailedSenate · 2025-05-25 · Yeas 26, Nays 5
HBi18 was passed byHouse · 2025-04-24 · Yeas 119, Nays 24, Present, not voting 4
Smithee CSHB 18, as amended, was passed to engrossment byHouse · 2025-04-23 · Yeas 106, Nays 33, Present, not voting 2
Amendment No. 2 was adopted byHouse · 2025-04-23 · Yeas 88, Nays 55, Present, not voting 1
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.
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