---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
description: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Texas HB 18 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIABETES (S0486)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)", "TEXAS CARES (PQ33Q)", "TEXAS CARES ACT (PU5II)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Burrows", "Canales", "Collier", "Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 18.xml"
source_hash: "f903f541997ff36cdabb147f8e125b40fe70c2b27de7b19a3c67745528a84f9e"
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 18 (87) — Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals.

## 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/HB00018I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Record vote
- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).