Monitoring the Session

HB 1636

bill adding mifepristone and misoprostol to Schedule IV

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Tom OliversonRHouse 130

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Two drugs join carisoprodol on the controlled substances list.

The bill adds two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, to the state's Schedule IV list of controlled substances, next to carisoprodol, which is already on it. It touches anyone who prescribes, dispenses, sells, carries or holds these two drugs in Texas. Starting September 1, 2025, both drugs fall under the Texas Controlled Substances Act's Schedule IV rules, and those rules apply only to conduct on or after that date.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Dec 16, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1636 · 2024-12-16

SOLD BY

Rep. Tom OliversonRHouse 130 Rep. Pat CurryRHouse 56

ITEM

relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

WHAT IT DOES

Two drugs join carisoprodol on the controlled substances list.

The bill adds two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, to the state's Schedule IV list of controlled substances, next to carisoprodol, which is already on it. It touches anyone who prescribes, dispenses, sells, carries or holds these two drugs in Texas. Starting September 1, 2025, both drugs fall under the Texas Controlled Substances Act's Schedule IV rules, and those rules apply only to conduct on or after that date.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Health
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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Tom Oliverson

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Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Dec 16, 2024

03/12/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Abortion

Women

TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Text

The text as introduced · 172 words

89R2277 LHC-D

By: Oliverson
H.B. No. 1636

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to designating certain substances as Schedule IV

controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 481.037, Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 481.037. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES

[ CARISOPRODOL ]. Schedule IV includes :

(1) carisoprodol ;

(2) mifepristone; and

(3) misoprostol .

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.