---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District."
description: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1327"
citation: "Texas HB 1327 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0010)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Miles", "Simmons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-14"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e24999-df20-4d83-a45d-75e591a90d16"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1327.xml"
source_hash: "9c18c1d4268b111d097787a98cde4f809de6854b7cdcbb03e05c2fff5b5df51b"
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 1327 (89R) — Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by the Harris County Hospital District.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01327I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01327E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01327H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01327S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01327F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **111–32** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harless — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-24** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-24** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-04-07** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e24999-df20-4d83-a45d-75e591a90d16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).