---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act."
description: "Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1755"
citation: "Texas SB 1755 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9176ab0-e731-4fed-b974-cd042f69c61f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1755.xml"
source_hash: "ca063fd148cac38abc3a5e8628bcecebe783e2b87757d85b9bdb6b6f5eeffb1c"
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 1755 (86) — Relating to the status of certain medical residents and fellows as governmental employees for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.

## 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/SB01755I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9176ab0-e731-4fed-b974-cd042f69c61f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).