---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study on the use of alternative therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder."
description: "Relating to a study on the use of alternative therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1802"
citation: "Texas HB 1802 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (U0250)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Campbell", "Dominguez", "Klick", "Moody", "Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c285424b-8157-4c0f-b7f4-181cca8cbdd5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1802.xml"
source_hash: "a9714a39970addd57584927d41f8ad1c15b522cb1b3a45706c6cd6baf436cb48"
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 1802 (87) — Relating to a study on the use of alternative therapies for treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

## 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/HB01802I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01802E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01802H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01802S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01802F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **134–9** (fail) · upper
- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **134–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Dominguez — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-21** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **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
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-24** 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
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c285424b-8157-4c0f-b7f4-181cca8cbdd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).