---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day."
description: "Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2597"
citation: "Texas HB 2597 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS DAY (H1621)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Holidays (I0395)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyrier", "Fallon", "Talarico"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2913fc-faef-4a54-b611-2a942a7e0091"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2597.xml"
source_hash: "de1f2420fc5ac20161522b80d8f8c6f1b591d37247164d983e7d57cc2b3df3a6"
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 2597 (86) — Relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day.

## 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/HB02597I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Fallon — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **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 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/ea2913fc-faef-4a54-b611-2a942a7e0091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).