---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides."
description: "Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3980"
citation: "Texas HB 3980 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "SUICIDE (S0206)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f958c98a-517a-4910-971d-d820be9304e7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3980.xml"
source_hash: "8264d7fb14d12c477ce08cb570de8d1136885de1c2f22e7bb663828e9f153a99"
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 3980 (86) — Relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in this state and state efforts to prevent suicides.

## 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/HB03980I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunter — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** 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
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2019-05-23** 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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f958c98a-517a-4910-971d-d820be9304e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).