---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the physician education loan repayment program."
description: "Relating to the physician education loan repayment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2261"
citation: "Texas HB 2261 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Education--Higher--Student Financial Aid (I0235)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "LOANS (S0117)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Oliverson", "Schaefer", "Walle", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286081e9-6bfc-4206-a71b-59456b90662f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2261.xml"
source_hash: "582509e384951edd0867958f508d11de419b3ead2151f87039572f6ada2a0c6d"
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 2261 (86) — Relating to the physician education loan repayment program.

## 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/HB02261I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–17** (pass) · lower
- other — **130–11** (fail) · upper
- passage — **130–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/286081e9-6bfc-4206-a71b-59456b90662f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).