---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines by a home and community support services agency or its employees."
description: "Relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines by a home and community support services agency or its employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Texas HB 797 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOME HEALTH CARE (S0071)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Guerra", "Howard", "Jetton", "Klick", "Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-10"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43e9891f-673a-497b-9f6c-0f2b64dd163b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 797.xml"
source_hash: "f49b3f2a4f06f13b86fba10e0cbc9d40dc696454d0588728682e1cd9af70fe75"
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 797 (87) — Relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines by a home and community support services agency or its employees.

## 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/HB00797I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00797E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00797H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00797S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00797F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Guerra — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** 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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-04** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-05** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-06** 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43e9891f-673a-497b-9f6c-0f2b64dd163b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).