---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine."
description: "Relating to the creation of the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2867"
citation: "Texas HB 2867 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (U0052)", "SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (U0257)", "TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (U0080)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bailes", "Bell, Cecil", "Creighton", "Metcalf", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14551ed-b601-48e2-af43-c675e0b8a738"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2867.xml"
source_hash: "2a9647e6d1ace2a324c04ec0281eba1c9ce3b7d0674d425ebd7de19ecf49128e"
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 2867 (86) — Relating to the creation of the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

## 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/HB02867I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **143–4** (fail) · upper
- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bailes — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Record vote
- **2019-04-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-13** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-16** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f14551ed-b601-48e2-af43-c675e0b8a738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).