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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers."
+description: "Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1919"
+citation: "Texas HB 1919 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/422a5fb0-0d61-46d0-b805-755d634b046c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1919.xml"
+source_hash: "9234254bf2a651819e229be97356ca05b5c295d5f0f9ec5e99a3a761159a60f1"
+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 1919 (87) — Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers.
+
+## 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/HB01919I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **124–21** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **124–21** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **128–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harris — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-23** 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`
+- **2021-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-19** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Point of order withdrawn
+- **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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** 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** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **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`
+- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/422a5fb0-0d61-46d0-b805-755d634b046c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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