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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consent requirements for the prescription of certain psychoactive medications to residents of nursing facilities and related institutions."
description: "Relating to consent requirements for the prescription of certain psychoactive medications to residents of nursing facilities and related institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2050"
citation: "Texas HB 2050 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Paddie", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6911de65-2c07-424a-8497-71e0e0452188"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2050.xml"
source_hash: "42500f29eb486f4be1e99fec17a7f6974058384475676a53b4e22251c742a8f0"
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 2050 (86) — Relating to consent requirements for the prescription of certain psychoactive medications to residents of nursing facilities and related institutions.
## 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/HB02050I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1400** (pass) · lower
- other — **1400** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** 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/6911de65-2c07-424a-8497-71e0e0452188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).