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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history."
+description: "Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1256"
+citation: "Texas HB 1256 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Phelan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5552991b-c250-4321-8a5d-4f9210ddc4b7"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1256.xml"
+source_hash: "c6562b256acf58a0e90b87cca68d0dd420547eae3626df3fa65e52bee68b8a27"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1256 (86) — Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01256I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-28** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5552991b-c250-4321-8a5d-4f9210ddc4b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+