---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated prescription drugs."
description: "Relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4166"
citation: "Texas HB 4166 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a2850b-bc88-4e69-bcf4-a6aad594a0d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4166.xml"
source_hash: "7c22112cf5216bef7ce5e96c337c2697e5e539e00a65164e7393ddcd218f287e"
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 4166 (88) — Relating to the packaging requirements for certain donated prescription drugs.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04166I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04166E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04166H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04166S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04166F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a2850b-bc88-4e69-bcf4-a6aad594a0d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).