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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act."
+description: "Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1936"
+citation: "Texas SB 1936 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Louderback"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0adc2b-d89c-466c-a2c6-e8932dae410d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1936.xml"
+source_hash: "c83985edc23c4c63577565110269bf793b88a3ebaf24bce2200b6a27652d51bd"
+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 1936 (89R) — Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01936I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01936E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01936H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01936S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01936F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **108–26** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **97–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
+- Louderback — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Record vote
+- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-24** Record vote
+- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0adc2b-d89c-466c-a2c6-e8932dae410d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+