---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mental health and substance use resources for certain school districts."
description: "Relating to mental health and substance use resources for certain school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Texas HB 19 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS (S0546)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Coleman", "Huberty", "Price", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0d928b-5665-4305-afc2-134083383001"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 19.xml"
source_hash: "a109d75708477180046f534e6b2d4c182652b0490f5c1fa6cdfdb070f208166e"
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 19 (86) — Relating to mental health and substance use resources for certain school districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00019I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–7** (pass) · lower
- other — **134–7** (fail) · upper
- passage — **127–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** 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** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/6b0d928b-5665-4305-afc2-134083383001`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).