---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to organ donor registration information when applying for a hunting or fishing license on the Internet."
description: "Relating to organ donor registration information when applying for a hunting or fishing license on the Internet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "Texas HB 406 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Parks & Wildlife--Hunting & Fishing (I0560)", "Parks & Wildlife--Licenses (I0565)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS (S0305)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (V1564)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Paddie", "Price", "Sheffield", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77523e6e-d8b3-438c-9ece-4ac58f1ed8d4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 406.xml"
source_hash: "837ab3fd7ee546aa17dabe78135453dd21a79c6b28b06ed19d4fa2e3010c4dab"
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 406 (86) — Relating to organ donor registration information when applying for a hunting or fishing license on the Internet.

## 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/HB00406I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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 Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/77523e6e-d8b3-438c-9ece-4ac58f1ed8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).