---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history."
description: "Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "Texas HB 1256 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5552991b-c250-4321-8a5d-4f9210ddc4b7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1256.xml"
source_hash: "c6562b256acf58a0e90b87cca68d0dd420547eae3626df3fa65e52bee68b8a27"
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 1256 (86) — Relating to access by certain persons to a first responder's immunization history.

## 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/HB01256I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5552991b-c250-4321-8a5d-4f9210ddc4b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).