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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers."
+description: "Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2594"
+citation: "Texas HB 2594 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MEDICAL RECORDS (S0104)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Holland", "Moody", "Paxton", "Price", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38045676-ff14-4041-988d-870ed13b9771"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2594.xml"
+source_hash: "c3b8a0894b0b2ea14c13ce5f20e6fd84ac2d5ff1672333a58ab15d98d093c08d"
+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 2594 (86) — Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers.
+
+## 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/HB02594I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Holland — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **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`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **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
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/38045676-ff14-4041-988d-870ed13b9771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+