---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of prescription asthma medicine on public and private school campuses."
description: "Relating to the use of prescription asthma medicine on public and private school campuses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2243"
citation: "Texas HB 2243 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PARENTAL CONSENT (S0318)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowers", "Buckingham", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c3fd5c-a7a8-4ce4-aa11-b394cc43b45f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2243.xml"
source_hash: "774f72c93acdde2ac44f800ff69e1255b5e6b119f938e38b72f2e51fff954016"
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 2243 (86) — Relating to the use of prescription asthma medicine on public and private school campuses.

## 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/HB02243I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowers — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Public Health `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
- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-18** 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
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Education `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
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c3fd5c-a7a8-4ce4-aa11-b394cc43b45f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).