---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher education and the Department of State Health Services regarding policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher education and the Department of State Health Services regarding policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Texas HB 476 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Faculty (I0236)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9519b529-1ef9-49ac-9f1a-ce13efc5c303"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 476.xml"
source_hash: "6aab0008807c469906b61c596d1fee57ba78c37b9a52f7ac9b5d7502f6bb95a7"
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 476 (86) — Relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher education and the Department of State Health Services regarding policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education.

## 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/HB00476I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** 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
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** 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/9519b529-1ef9-49ac-9f1a-ce13efc5c303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).