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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the physician education loan repayment program."
+description: "Relating to the physician education loan repayment program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2261"
+citation: "Texas HB 2261 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "LOANS (S0117)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Oliverson", "Schaefer", "Walle", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286081e9-6bfc-4206-a71b-59456b90662f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2261.xml"
+source_hash: "582509e384951edd0867958f508d11de419b3ead2151f87039572f6ada2a0c6d"
+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 2261 (86) — Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.
+
+## 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/HB02261I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **130–17** (pass) · lower
+- other — **130–11** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **130–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Schaefer — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-06** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Record vote
+- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/286081e9-6bfc-4206-a71b-59456b90662f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+