---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of certain disabilities."
description: "Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of certain disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Texas HB 119 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION (S0052)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS (S0305)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Landgraf", "Turner, John", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f3647e-86fd-43b5-964b-f1011d72fac1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 119.xml"
source_hash: "f99bee8c6890d32f438b7b3ad0f2f8d9dbac7af5fe82d7cf49f281451ec60dcb"
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 119 (87) — Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of certain disabilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00119I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00119E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00119H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00119S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00119F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holland — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-04-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-04-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-03** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-03** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-04** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-05** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-05** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f3647e-86fd-43b5-964b-f1011d72fac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).