---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties."
description: "Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1518"
citation: "Texas HB 1518 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Seliger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcfd2494-66c5-4a88-a78c-37e5699a304d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1518.xml"
source_hash: "c72b4a3e0507b82afa4600cb9ba1d065b7004009980f6d73b7efd827e5774d6b"
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 1518 (86) — Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties.

## 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/HB01518I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord 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** Nonrecord 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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17** 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/bcfd2494-66c5-4a88-a78c-37e5699a304d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).