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6.8 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
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description: "Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 18"
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citation: "Texas HB 18 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DIABETES (S0486)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)", "TEXAS CARES (PQ33Q)", "TEXAS CARES ACT (PU5II)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Burrows", "Canales", "Collier", "Kolkhorst", "Oliverson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-03-11"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 18.xml"
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source_hash: "f903f541997ff36cdabb147f8e125b40fe70c2b27de7b19a3c67745528a84f9e"
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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 18 (87) — Relating to establishment of the prescription drug savings program for certain uninsured individuals.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00018F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
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- other — **146–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Canales — primary (person)
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- Collier — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Button — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-15** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-14** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2021-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-14** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2021-04-14** Record vote
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- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-14** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-14** Record vote
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- **2021-04-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Record vote
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- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-15** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-11** Posting rule suspended
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- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/b26f585d-2dca-478a-b254-d6d6f8c42833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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