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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3801"
citation: "Texas HB 3801 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL", "TEXAS (V1133)", "CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0344)", "DENTAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0098)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS (V0966)", "Governor (I0375)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE COORDINATING COUNCIL (VZ645)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "NURSES & NURSE AIDES (S2704)", "NURSING", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0776)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "PHARMACY", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0022)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING COUNCIL (V0090)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD (V0305)", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0118)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Cook", "Frank", "Orr", "Pierson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e036cb78-f3f1-4dd1-b9cb-613245f66201"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3801.xml"
source_hash: "e3f844fdf32d7e403a365a0deeadf39870698fedd0a0047389cd067a3e3c4cde"
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 3801 (89R) — Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Workforce Coordinating Council and a workgroup on nursing career pathways and the abolition of the statewide health coordinating council and the nursing advisory committee of that council.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03801I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03801E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03801H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03801S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03801F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **11432** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11036** (pass) · lower
- passage — **256** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3801 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **256** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bucy — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Pierson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Postponed
- **2025-05-07** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e036cb78-f3f1-4dd1-b9cb-613245f66201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).