---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of home and community support services agencies providing inpatient hospice services."
description: "Relating to investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of home and community support services agencies providing inpatient hospice services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3079"
citation: "Texas HB 3079 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "ELDER ABUSE (S0247)", "HOME HEALTH CARE (S0071)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Noble", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8796f5b4-a924-4457-bfd4-e0c6fe3f27ea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3079.xml"
source_hash: "2dd7d564717f14d6b439c4a3b1c44e2e0f7e3a699dee59ee50c412cacb4cb33b"
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 3079 (86) — Relating to investigations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of home and community support services agencies providing inpatient hospice services.

## 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/HB03079I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/8796f5b4-a924-4457-bfd4-e0c6fe3f27ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).