---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to traumatic injury response protocol and the use of bleeding control stations in public schools."
description: "Relating to traumatic injury response protocol and the use of bleeding control stations in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 496"
citation: "Texas HB 496 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Bernal", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Lucio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 78
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-10"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded44bb1-f32c-41c4-9025-d5d20cdbe3da"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 496.xml"
source_hash: "92acf031a38f93449d9ba1b962c5e23adaa19e47d93f3145b00f6153363c7134"
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 496 (86) — Relating to traumatic injury response protocol and the use of bleeding control stations in public schools.

## 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/HB00496I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **98–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–34** (pass) · lower
- other — **124–21** (fail) · upper
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Bernal — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-10** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-09** Record vote
- **2019-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2019-05-21** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **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
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded44bb1-f32c-41c4-9025-d5d20cdbe3da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).