republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/892/hb-25.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription."
description: "Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "892"
identifier: "HB 25"
citation: "Texas HB 25 (892)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACIES & PHARMACISTS (S1192)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Harris", "Pierson", "Shofner", "Virdell", "Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 71
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-08-15"
last_action: "2025-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d256be-a3b6-469c-942c-631bef5c5b09"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 25.xml"
source_hash: "a46edc6881373093a223c48e5bd53044451f983faa37018491b9a3ac56b21f42"
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 25 (892) — Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription.

## 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/892/billtext/html/HB00025I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00025E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00025H.HTM)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00025F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **88–51** (pass) · lower
- passage — **87–47** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 25 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Pierson — primary (person)
- Shofner — primary (person)
- Virdell — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
- **2025-08-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-18** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-08-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-08-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-08-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-08-25** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-08-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-08-26** Committee report distributed
- **2025-08-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-08-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-08-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-08-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-08-27** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-08-27** Reported engrossed
- **2025-08-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-08-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-08-27** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-27** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-08-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-08-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-08-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-27** Printing rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Ordered not printed
- **2025-08-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-08-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-08-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-08-27** Record vote
- **2025-08-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-17** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06d256be-a3b6-469c-942c-631bef5c5b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).