---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy."
description: "Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1056"
citation: "Texas SB 1056 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raney", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba11eb67-9e3a-4515-9e9f-fd43ebc2bc12"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1056.xml"
source_hash: "c5003002fde12409fb09f89c25be20a77266d99c55ec69f1bd13f959fd227fda"
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 SB 1056 (86) — Relating to the authority of physicians to delegate to certain pharmacists the implementation and modification of a patient's drug therapy.

## 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/SB01056I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raney — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba11eb67-9e3a-4515-9e9f-fd43ebc2bc12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).