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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs."
description: "Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2173"
citation: "Texas SB 2173 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Health--General (I0385)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Dean"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269da3b0-56b7-4729-9e66-48a9d0be475d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2173.xml"
source_hash: "6a26572b4eb669431def99790a6dd95454d5b276a89e51667b45d4e2b8c808aa"
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 SB 2173 (88) — Relating to a pilot program for the safe disposal of prescription drugs, including controlled substance prescription drugs.
## 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/SB02173I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02173E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02173H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02173S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02173F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **13011** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11232** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2173 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-26** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/269da3b0-56b7-4729-9e66-48a9d0be475d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).