---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to pharmacist communications to prescribing practitioners regarding certain dispensed biological products."
description: "Relating to pharmacist communications to prescribing practitioners regarding certain dispensed biological products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "Texas HB 1264 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PACKAGING & LABELING REQUIREMENTS (S0339)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Davis, Sarah", "Howard", "Johnson, Julie", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ff65b6-9514-4481-a4ff-a1f78c5270d4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1264.xml"
source_hash: "344e08ce9eb4060ee7e078880060d521b2945fea594cf0b78b6ff31b9bbf3e4b"
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 1264 (86) — Relating to pharmacist communications to prescribing practitioners regarding certain dispensed biological products.

## 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/HB01264I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6ff65b6-9514-4481-a4ff-a1f78c5270d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).