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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to assess the eligibility of certain inmates for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits on discharge or release from confinement."
description: "Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to assess the eligibility of certain inmates for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits on discharge or release from confinement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1743"
citation: "Texas HB 1743 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Food Programs (I0910)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Jones, Venton", "Leach", "Noble", "Thompson, Senfronia", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dcfd9e8-0ea9-4373-a699-9d0118ba5db7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1743.xml"
source_hash: "9eb07e5215ba7a1e8901df1c329750b54361e163f324b606ab69aa6dedb16bdf"
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 1743 (88) — Relating to a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to assess the eligibility of certain inmates for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits on discharge or release from confinement.
## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01743I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01743E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01743H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01743S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01743F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1743 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **274** (pass) · upper
- passage — **12713** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1422** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Collier — primary (person)
- Jones, Venton — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Record vote
- **2023-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dcfd9e8-0ea9-4373-a699-9d0118ba5db7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).