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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions and the establishment of compassionate-use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients."
+description: "Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions and the establishment of compassionate-use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1535"
+citation: "Texas HB 1535 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MARIHUANA (S3105)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Howard", "Klick", "Oliverson", "Price", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-08"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d6457c4-180e-493b-bb39-ef677cb023fe"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1535.xml"
+source_hash: "565a922be360e6be6fad1b4bbc4faf909554beea7468b5a6146594b696038893"
+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 1535 (87) — Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis by patients with certain medical conditions and the establishment of compassionate-use institutional review boards to evaluate and approve proposed research programs to study the medical use of low-THC cannabis in the treatment of certain patients.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01535I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01535E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01535H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01535S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01535F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **119–25** (pass) · lower
+- other — **119–25** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **134–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d6457c4-180e-493b-bb39-ef677cb023fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+