---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a collaborative task force to study certain public school mental health services."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a collaborative task force to study certain public school mental health services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 906"
citation: "Texas HB 906 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (V1169)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Coleman", "Moody", "Phelan", "Powell", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 77
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69554b1a-8fea-4625-8f58-c05ef1c59e93"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 906.xml"
source_hash: "006c74abf157d3f2878c957e35d95e1d1beb6391cfd9ff6ebf1ba0bc61a5b4bd"
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 906 (86) — Relating to the establishment of a collaborative task force to study certain public school mental health services.

## 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/HB00906I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **113–30** (pass) · lower
- other — **126–14** (fail) · upper
- passage — **126–14** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69554b1a-8fea-4625-8f58-c05ef1c59e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).