---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions Council."
description: "Relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1636"
citation: "Texas SB 1636 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL (V0256)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d0c08a-9812-4f7c-8808-36214ee89f74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1636.xml"
source_hash: "16cb73fd9ab807b587d61324259ebd45bd8cbed7099e0f1ccdc3f385048e6a64"
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 1636 (86) — Relating to an annual report prepared by the Health Professions Council.

## 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/SB01636I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-03** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d0c08a-9812-4f7c-8808-36214ee89f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).