---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements."
description: "Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2856"
citation: "Texas HB 2856 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--Higher--Health Institutions (I0237)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Interim Studies (I0448)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Perez, Vincent", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee91c5f4-5e71-4bf2-a33c-5ab2bbad6de8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2856.xml"
source_hash: "820626284fd79bf524c066402959e6a87d1cf3e96dec18d3250ead18cfccfb4f"
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 2856 (89R) — Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02856I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02856E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02856H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02856S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02856F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **112–30** (pass) · lower
- passage — **105–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Perez, Vincent — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee91c5f4-5e71-4bf2-a33c-5ab2bbad6de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).