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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
+description: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 18"
+citation: "Texas HB 18 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DIABETES (S0486)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)", "TEXAS CARES (PQ33Q)", "TEXAS CARES ACT (PU5II)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Burrows", "Canales", "Collier", "Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 18.xml"
+source_hash: "f903f541997ff36cdabb147f8e125b40fe70c2b27de7b19a3c67745528a84f9e"
+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 18 (87) — Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals.
+
+## 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/HB00018I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Canales — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-14** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-14** Record vote
+- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-15** Record vote
+- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-22** Record vote
+- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-23** 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
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-29** 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/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+