---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for assisted living facility license applicants."
description: "Relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for assisted living facility license applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "Texas HB 823 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "Safety (I0740)", "ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Davis, Yvonne", "Johnson", "Ramos"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9aeca4-daf2-4f48-b51c-0b4a19b81b34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 823.xml"
source_hash: "da6ce8d2391c5f01ed9c507daa9c8c6471027abedc3dbc495edfdd47e6b0ccec"
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 823 (86) — Relating to an expedited on-site health inspection process for assisted living facility license applicants.

## 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/HB00823I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** 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
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/6b9aeca4-daf2-4f48-b51c-0b4a19b81b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).