---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authority of the Travis County Healthcare District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians."
description: "Relating to authority of the Travis County Healthcare District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1142"
citation: "Texas SB 1142 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT (D1004)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33b3b9f0-f2e2-4610-995f-f218a7fd934c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1142.xml"
source_hash: "00fd4a75ecd5f306bb0edd584e96358497be91927219f701cc9953596f534b49"
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 1142 (86) — Relating to authority of the Travis County Healthcare District to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/SB01142I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** No action taken in committee
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** House passage reported
- **2019-04-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-29** Signed in the House
- **2019-04-29** 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/33b3b9f0-f2e2-4610-995f-f218a7fd934c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).