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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases."
+description: "Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 773"
+citation: "Texas SB 773 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT (P58AD)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Burrows", "Harris, Cody", "Parker", "Toth"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 71
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd49250-a1c8-4823-a05d-4e52f3526427"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 773.xml"
+source_hash: "95b0bc15f811bd9ccdb5ef671d89ae9eb2162112d2b9eb0db6099813f8a2d010"
+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 SB 773 (88) — Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00773I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **135–5** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Toth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-11** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Record vote
+- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-16** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-16** Read
+- **2023-05-16** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2023-05-16** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-16** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-17** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-17** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-17** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-23** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/3fd49250-a1c8-4823-a05d-4e52f3526427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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