---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to required posting of information regarding the office of the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care facilities' Internet websites."
description: "Relating to required posting of information regarding the office of the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care facilities' Internet websites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3961"
citation: "Texas HB 3961 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "LONG-TERM CARE (S0417)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Frank", "Perry", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a732643-d910-4890-bb3a-23294c5deae5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3961.xml"
source_hash: "ec696830ca289644451ffb1790c422b8ff5eb83fe2081b3e9a62efccf2fa5056"
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 3961 (87) — Relating to required posting of information regarding the office of the state long-term care ombudsman on certain long-term care facilities' Internet websites.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03961I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03961E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03961H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03961S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03961F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a732643-d910-4890-bb3a-23294c5deae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).