---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to emergency planning for the continued treatment and safety of end stage renal disease facility patients."
description: "Relating to emergency planning for the continued treatment and safety of end stage renal disease facility patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1876"
citation: "Texas SB 1876 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION (V0023)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "Utilities--General (I0830)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Campos", "Huffman", "Johnson, Ann", "Miles", "Oliverson", "Walle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe2a4c2b-85f2-4832-ac6c-a387b6258abc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1876.xml"
source_hash: "ff7b563a49e6bff9143afda337493417470f9ae6311b4f7c3d1c921d8e30a2fa"
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 1876 (87) — Relating to emergency planning for the continued treatment and safety of end stage renal disease facility patients.

## 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/SB01876I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01876E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01876H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01876S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01876F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Campos — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** 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
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/fe2a4c2b-85f2-4832-ac6c-a387b6258abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).