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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1919"
citation: "Texas HB 1919 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/422a5fb0-0d61-46d0-b805-755d634b046c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1919.xml"
source_hash: "9234254bf2a651819e229be97356ca05b5c295d5f0f9ec5e99a3a761159a60f1"
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 1919 (87) — Relating to prohibited practices for certain health benefit plan issuers and pharmacy benefit managers.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01919I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01919F.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **12421** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- passage — **12421** (pass) · lower
- passage — **12816** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Harris — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-19** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/422a5fb0-0d61-46d0-b805-755d634b046c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).