---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of higher education."
description: "Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical degree programs offered or proposed by public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1378"
citation: "Texas SB 1378 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1df8005-d159-46ce-addb-aae05d478d92"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1378.xml"
source_hash: "59bde51ad6078f921f3f4d41385f27c11ec33cbc5f6744afcb4206fc25fd9881"
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 SB 1378 (86) — Relating to meeting the graduate medical education needs of medical degree programs offered or proposed 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/SB01378I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1df8005-d159-46ce-addb-aae05d478d92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).