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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees."
+description: "Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3301"
+citation: "Texas HB 3301 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TRAVIS COUNTY (G0285)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Governor (I0375)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Darby", "Lambert", "Perry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e2cf2d-9404-4ac7-9c91-46ca3244c0c0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3301.xml"
+source_hash: "cb484ffa7cb567f2f844fbfadf2a5c013d9b76a1325eaec9755e163e77ed0a83"
+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 3301 (86) — Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees.
+
+## 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/HB03301I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–6** (pass) · lower
+- other — **134–6** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Darby — primary (person)
+- Lambert — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-18** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-09** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-09** Record vote
+- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `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
+- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** 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/36e2cf2d-9404-4ac7-9c91-46ca3244c0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+