---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs."
description: "Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1401"
citation: "Texas HB 1401 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Finance (I0232)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Howard", "Raymond", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c30c99d-ed9e-4d66-b4e3-4481aa9503de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1401.xml"
source_hash: "fc28ba43397f6d1d1310d0a2e7c75a1381bbe063037b8866eb9d289ad4c50c1b"
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 1401 (86) — Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01401I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c30c99d-ed9e-4d66-b4e3-4481aa9503de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).