---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston."
description: "Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 826"
citation: "Texas HB 826 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (U0033)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (U0246)", "UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (U0442)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bonnen, Greg", "Coleman", "Huffman", "Walle", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602b4eea-92e7-4997-afe2-5b051cb3409b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 826.xml"
source_hash: "107cd0c8c7166f128bb79ee349847eafbbd293d750e83b1d03b2ebb3e509c509"
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 826 (86) — Relating to the creation of the University of Houston College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

## 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/HB00826I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-04-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/602b4eea-92e7-4997-afe2-5b051cb3409b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).