---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to programs and initiatives to prevent and respond to opioid addiction, misuse, abuse, and overdose and identify and treat co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness."
description: "Relating to programs and initiatives to prevent and respond to opioid addiction, misuse, abuse, and overdose and identify and treat co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3285"
citation: "Texas HB 3285 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)", "STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Klick", "Moody", "Price", "Sheffield", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d00da50-8ee6-4fe5-a1ad-9f7cf15f4975"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3285.xml"
source_hash: "af02a9836b5fbfc26a73597139c2ef8e67135a089775ef655c2e6f599b5576b9"
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 3285 (86) — Relating to programs and initiatives to prevent and respond to opioid addiction, misuse, abuse, and overdose and identify and treat co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness.

## 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/HB03285I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–18** (pass) · lower
- passage — **119–18** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **124–18** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** 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** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** 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/4d00da50-8ee6-4fe5-a1ad-9f7cf15f4975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).