---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities."
description: "Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1848"
citation: "Texas HB 1848 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "LONG-TERM CARE (S0417)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Guerra", "Klick", "Sheffield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857e62e8-01fb-42db-b0bd-1be5f49948eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1848.xml"
source_hash: "fa986aa5f09e5bb85f4207cde4efc9bd789b4bb955d1f14987a957c373cfa24a"
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 1848 (86) — Relating to prevention of communicable diseases in certain long-term care facilities.

## 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/HB01848I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage 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 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/857e62e8-01fb-42db-b0bd-1be5f49948eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).