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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment program."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 780"
citation: "Texas HB 780 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS (S0305)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Howard", "Klick", "Oliverson", "Zaffirini", "Zwiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee90b76-0efe-469d-a2ed-fecbe5a2a7df"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 780.xml"
source_hash: "da4e3ab534e2e57570f2ce99b19ce7eb9db500dda9ceca97555100c6cbd61398"
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 780 (87) — Relating to the establishment of a bone marrow donor recruitment 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00780I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00780E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00780H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00780S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00780F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Collier — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** 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/8ee90b76-0efe-469d-a2ed-fecbe5a2a7df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).