---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program."
description: "Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3505"
citation: "Texas HB 3505 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b73b2f4-bcc6-4f3e-bda7-f7dc2b24d9fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3505.xml"
source_hash: "4271de1deb6be07c39c4d05000efb18306c95024750d35287eedc2baf68d9096"
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 3505 (89R) — Relating to the continuation and operation of a health care provider participation district created by certain local governments to administer a health care provider participation program.

## 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/HB03505I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03505E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03505H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03505S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03505F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **118–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-03-31** 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
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/1b73b2f4-bcc6-4f3e-bda7-f7dc2b24d9fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).