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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to continuing education requirements for certain health professionals regarding pain management and the prescribing of opioids."
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description: "Relating to continuing education requirements for certain health professionals regarding pain management and the prescribing of opioids."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 2454"
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citation: "Texas HB 2454 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "DENTISTS & DENTISTRY (S0158)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS (S0081)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "DENTAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0098)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "NURSING", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0776)", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD", "TEXAS (V0909)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Minjarez", "Price", "Sheffield", "Thompson, Senfronia", "VanDeaver"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-26"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dbf5fd5-701f-40db-8c10-290419051ead"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2454.xml"
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source_hash: "450f3b08bdc40c88b50b9ba57feb6362dec43a1ecfe370ff7f0040512ab100ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2454 (86) — Relating to continuing education requirements for certain health professionals regarding pain management and the prescribing of opioids.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02454I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **136–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Minjarez — primary (person)
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- Price — primary (person)
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- Sheffield — primary (person)
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- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
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- VanDeaver — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
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- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-02** Record vote
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- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dbf5fd5-701f-40db-8c10-290419051ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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