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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides."
+description: "Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3980"
+citation: "Texas HB 3980 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "SUICIDE (S0206)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1211)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Menéndez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f958c98a-517a-4910-971d-d820be9304e7"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3980.xml"
+source_hash: "8264d7fb14d12c477ce08cb570de8d1136885de1c2f22e7bb663828e9f153a99"
+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 3980 (86) — Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides.
+
+## 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/HB03980I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-21** 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
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **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
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** 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 immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f958c98a-517a-4910-971d-d820be9304e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+