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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions."
+description: "Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3703"
+citation: "Texas HB 3703 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MARIHUANA (S3105)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Coleman", "Klick", "Oliverson", "Sheffield", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 65
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91df5a6-2c3f-4805-a844-e1141c014eec"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3703.xml"
+source_hash: "09d87cf70ec56f8d114da350b5cfe5db0d07d41ddd0232bbcea5b90d8c95e324"
+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 3703 (86) — Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions.
+
+## 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/HB03703I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–5** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
+- other — **136–5** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Coleman — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Sheffield — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Moody — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
+- **2019-04-08** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2019-04-11** Considered by s/c in public hearing
+- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
+- **2019-04-11** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2019-04-24** Recalled from subcommittee
+- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Record vote
+- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2019-05-22** 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
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d91df5a6-2c3f-4805-a844-e1141c014eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+