---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the manner of executing certain anatomical gift records."
description: "Relating to the manner of executing certain anatomical gift records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2186"
citation: "Texas SB 2186 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS (S0305)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e822e4-1669-43e7-9438-3a03e0f42a9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2186.xml"
source_hash: "531ea7233784840702f232588f5b86197c55015dd9e9bce839063d8c309b2990"
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 2186 (88) — Relating to the manner of executing certain anatomical gift records.

## 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/SB02186I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02186E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02186H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02186S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02186F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **115–29** (pass) · lower
- passage — **122–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-06** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** 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/73e822e4-1669-43e7-9438-3a03e0f42a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).