---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases."
description: "Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Texas SB 773 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT (P58AD)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Burrows", "Harris, Cody", "Parker", "Toth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd49250-a1c8-4823-a05d-4e52f3526427"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 773.xml"
source_hash: "95b0bc15f811bd9ccdb5ef671d89ae9eb2162112d2b9eb0db6099813f8a2d010"
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 773 (88) — Relating to access to certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices used in clinical trials by patients with severe chronic diseases.

## 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/SB00773I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00773F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** 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
- **2023-05-11** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-11** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-05-11** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-16** Read
- **2023-05-16** Senate refuses to concur
- **2023-05-16** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-16** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-17** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-17** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-17** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conference committee
- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-23** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/3fd49250-a1c8-4823-a05d-4e52f3526427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).