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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to updating references to certain former health services state agencies and certain terms used to describe persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the Education Code."
+description: "Relating to updating references to certain former health services state agencies and certain terms used to describe persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the Education Code."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 965"
+citation: "Texas HB 965 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Special (I0243)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Moody", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-22"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc7b8838-8ac0-4e77-b765-09b1e4076014"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 965.xml"
+source_hash: "cc6f955f143f828da8d1e89899ac05ee668a6a787735ec51e7f781804f6f2787"
+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 965 (86) — Relating to updating references to certain former health services state agencies and certain terms used to describe persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the Education Code.
+
+## 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/HB00965I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–6** (pass) · lower
+- other — **134–6** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Public Health `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
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-12** Record vote
+- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-16** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-17** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **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/dc7b8838-8ac0-4e77-b765-09b1e4076014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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