---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating March 17 as Profound Autism Awareness Day."
description: "Relating to designating March 17 as Profound Autism Awareness Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3096"
citation: "Texas HB 3096 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTISM & PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (S0566)", "Holidays (I0395)", "PROFOUND AUTISM AWARENESS DAY (HG65E)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham", "Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe518d67-a952-4f47-8cd8-d17ae5cc7520"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3096.xml"
source_hash: "919728c4878d43b2359b7f923190d484b4bd5652ce932938ecc2301889557e82"
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 3096 (89R) — Relating to designating March 17 as Profound Autism Awareness Day.

## 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/HB03096I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03096E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03096H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03096S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03096F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-04-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** 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`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** 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
- **2025-05-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe518d67-a952-4f47-8cd8-d17ae5cc7520`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).