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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education for the practice of podiatric medicine in this state."
+description: "Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education for the practice of podiatric medicine in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2509"
+citation: "Texas HB 2509 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "PODIATRISTS & PODIATRY (S0162)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Lucio III", "Martinez", "Muñoz, Jr."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd3f3c8-de9b-4975-9868-74b0aff98b12"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2509.xml"
+source_hash: "3f1ab07e93ed053d96b7907bdb0de8cc31dd3a1e72cf92ea1255428e7e658c78"
+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 2509 (87) — Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education for the practice of podiatric medicine in this state.
+
+## 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/HB02509I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02509E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02509H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02509S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02509F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **116–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-27** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Record vote
+- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **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
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdd3f3c8-de9b-4975-9868-74b0aff98b12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+