---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "Texas HB 1065 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Rural (I0381)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Guillen", "Kolkhorst", "Oliverson", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f59118-e194-4c8c-9119-7ff5e6b1ffa1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1065.xml"
source_hash: "90fc70f659037d0a2c4ca4a6ce8f581acec5535dce21c60ee5038c3f41a096f0"
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 1065 (86) — Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01065I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–11** (pass) · lower
- other — **133–11** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-14** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-14** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4f59118-e194-4c8c-9119-7ff5e6b1ffa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).