---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee."
description: "Relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Texas HB 39 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "CANCER PREVENTION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS (V0778)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Sarah", "Morrison", "Nelson", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Turner, Chris", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12625d94-0a7a-44c0-b64e-a1521b4d1d7b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 39.xml"
source_hash: "1e73cc7c908dd8f2362f1ce3a4d7e629221a62b16b8deca97ab911c0cb074f30"
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 39 (86) — Relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee.

## 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/HB00039I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12625d94-0a7a-44c0-b64e-a1521b4d1d7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).