---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders."
description: "Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 999"
citation: "Texas SB 999 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (S4186)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Button", "Campbell", "Capriglione", "Goldman", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1fc953-89d8-4c27-b03e-f3f2a3c9d9ad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 999.xml"
source_hash: "d6ece0c7e1e39e9aa7073140b94ca38c39b4080b84f276312de8b08b4d9a7364"
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 999 (86) — Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

## 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/SB00999I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Goldman — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** House passage reported
- **2019-04-11** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-15** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** 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/de1fc953-89d8-4c27-b03e-f3f2a3c9d9ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).