---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions."
description: "Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3703"
citation: "Texas HB 3703 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "MARIHUANA (S3105)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (S0135)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Coleman", "Klick", "Oliverson", "Sheffield", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91df5a6-2c3f-4805-a844-e1141c014eec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3703.xml"
source_hash: "09d87cf70ec56f8d114da350b5cfe5db0d07d41ddd0232bbcea5b90d8c95e324"
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 3703 (86) — Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions.

## 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/HB03703I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
- other — **136–5** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Coleman — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Farrar — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Geren — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
- **2019-04-08** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2019-04-11** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2019-04-11** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2019-04-24** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-07** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d91df5a6-2c3f-4805-a844-e1141c014eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).