---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care professional liability coverage for certain public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to health care professional liability coverage for certain public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1592"
citation: "Texas HB 1592 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)", "STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY (U0011)", "TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0079)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0080)", "TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0027)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)", "UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM (U0050)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (U0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc0f627-3847-4616-b5e1-202fe9b4c2d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1592.xml"
source_hash: "0c7b524458e5961c060c86f57245dc23bf3947948106cf1926d4d66beec3f76d"
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 1592 (86) — Relating to health care professional liability coverage for certain public institutions of higher education.

## 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/HB01592I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smithee — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-25** 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/0bc0f627-3847-4616-b5e1-202fe9b4c2d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).