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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston."
+description: "Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 826"
+citation: "Texas HB 826 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (U0033)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (U0246)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bonnen, Greg", "Coleman", "Huffman", "Walle", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-16"
+last_action: "2019-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602b4eea-92e7-4997-afe2-5b051cb3409b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 826.xml"
+source_hash: "107cd0c8c7166f128bb79ee349847eafbbd293d750e83b1d03b2ebb3e509c509"
+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 826 (86) — Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
+
+## 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/HB00826I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Coleman — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Walle — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-04-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-04-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-04-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-04-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-01** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602b4eea-92e7-4997-afe2-5b051cb3409b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+