---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees."
description: "Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3301"
citation: "Texas HB 3301 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAVIS COUNTY (G0285)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Governor (I0375)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Darby", "Lambert", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e2cf2d-9404-4ac7-9c91-46ca3244c0c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3301.xml"
source_hash: "cb484ffa7cb567f2f844fbfadf2a5c013d9b76a1325eaec9755e163e77ed0a83"
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 3301 (86) — Relating to merger agreements among certain hospitals; authorizing fees.

## 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/HB03301I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–6** (pass) · lower
- other — **134–6** (fail) · upper
- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** 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/36e2cf2d-9404-4ac7-9c91-46ca3244c0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).