SB 1901: Huffman’s bill on the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council

Caption

relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

Summary

Staggered six-year terms. Members with an interest sit out the vote.

The bill sets staggered six-year terms for the voting members of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and requires a member to step out of any vote on an award when the member or a close relative has a financial or professional interest in the applicant. It also lets the trust company that manages opioid settlement money shift a county's or city's share to other approved uses if the local government does not deposit it within two years or formally turns it down. Council members will draw lots for their first terms, conflicted members will have to sit out certain votes, and unclaimed local settlement money can be moved instead of sitting idle.

Labels

Labels: INSTANT LAW. Took effect immediately, on May 30, 2025. 833 of the 1,185 graded 89R laws took effect Sep 1, 2025 (derived from the bill histories, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1901 · 2025-03-04

SOLD BY

Sen. Joan HuffmanRSenate 17

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

WHAT IT DOES

Staggered six-year terms. Members with an interest sit out the vote.

The bill sets staggered six-year terms for the voting members of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and requires a member to step out of any vote on an award when the member or a close relative has a financial or professional interest in the applicant. It also lets the trust company that manages opioid settlement money shift a county's or city's share to other approved uses if the local government does not deposit it within two years or formally turns it down. Council members will draw lots for their first terms, conflicted members will have to sit out certain votes, and unclaimed local settlement money can be moved instead of sitting idle.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 4, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Mar 4, 2025Filed
Mar 17, 2025Read first time
Mar 17, 2025Referred to Finance
Apr 9, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 9, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 9, 2025Vote taken in committee
Apr 9, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Apr 9, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Apr 9, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 16, 2025Co-author authorized
Apr 16, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 16, 2025Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Apr 16, 2025Laid before the Senate
Apr 16, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 16, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 16, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 16, 2025Record vote
Apr 16, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 16, 2025Passed
Apr 16, 2025Record vote
Apr 16, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 17, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 22, 2025Read first time
Apr 22, 2025Referred to Appropriations
Apr 29, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 29, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 29, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 29, 2025Left pending in committee
May 6, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 6, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 9, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 9, 2025Committee report distributed
May 10, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 15, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 19, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 19, 2025Read 2nd time
May 19, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
May 19, 2025Record vote RV#2957
May 19, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 20, 2025Read 3rd time
May 20, 2025Passed
May 20, 2025Record vote RV#3027
May 20, 2025House passage reported
May 20, 2025Reported enrolled
May 21, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 21, 2025Signed in the House
May 21, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 30, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 30, 2025Effective immediately

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 146 yea · 0 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 20, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 16, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Joan Huffman

Donors

Donors report through Texans for Joan Huffman.

Not tied to this bill.

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 Jun 30, 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.

Votes5

House May 20, 2025

Yea: 146
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 1

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3027

SB 1901 was passed by (Record 3027): 146 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 146 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 1 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 19, 2025

Yea: 143
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 4

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 2957

SB 1901 was passed to third reading by (Record 2957): 143 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 143 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 4 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 16, 2025

Final passage

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 1901 (Huffman) Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 16, 2025

Suspension of the three-day rule

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Sources

SB 1901 (Huffman) Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 16, 2025

Passage to engrossment

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

SB 1901 (Huffman) Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses12

For: 6
Against: 0
On: 6

Names

For

Nueces County Hospital District2 registrations
Teaching Hospitals of Texas2 registrations
Texas Chapter American College of Physicians1 registration
Texas Medical Association1 registration

On

Comptroller of Public Accounts1 registration
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts2 registrations
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts/Opioid Abatement Fund Council1 registration
Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company1 registration
Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company (TTSTC) - Comptroller1 registration

Sources

12 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

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

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 4, 2025

05/30/2025 E Effective immediately

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

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

Coauthors

Royce WestDSenate 23

Sponsors

Greg BonnenRHouse 24

House committee · Appropriations · Committee vote 19 aye, 0 nay, 8 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · Finance · Committee vote 13 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Ethics

State Finances--Management & Control

TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT TRUST FUND (N01OM)

OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND COUNCIL, TEXAS (V76AR)

Text

The text as introduced · 432 words

89R11267 RDR-F

By: Huffman
S.B. No. 1901

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund

Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.

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

SECTION 1. Section 403.503, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(d-1) The voting members of the council serve for staggered

terms of six years, with the terms of four or five members, as

applicable, expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

SECTION 2. Subchapter R, Chapter 403, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 403.5041 to read as follows:

Sec. 403.5041. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A council member

shall recuse himself or herself from participating in the review,

discussion, deliberation, or vote on an application for an award

under this subchapter if the council member knows that the council

member or a person who is related to the council member within the

first degree of affinity or consanguinity has a professional or

financial interest in an entity that is directly receiving or

applying to receive money from the council.

(b) The council by rule may adopt additional conflict of

interest standards to implement this section or to comply with

Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code.

SECTION 3. Section 403.506, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(d-1) The trust company may reallocate for the purposes

described by Subsection (c)(2)(B) money that was distributed or

should have been distributed under Subsection (c)(1) if a county or

municipality:

(1) does not deposit the money before the second

anniversary of the date on which the money was distributed; or

(2) submits in writing to the trust company a document

indicating that the municipality or county affirmatively forfeits

or refuses to accept the money.

SECTION 4. Section 403.509(c), Government Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 5. At the first meeting of the Texas Opioid

Abatement Fund Council that is held on or after the effective date

of this Act, the voting members of the council shall draw lots to

determine which four members will serve a term expiring February 1,

2027, which four members will serve a term expiring February 1,

2029, and which five members will serve a term expiring February 1,

2031.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

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WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

House May 20, 2025

House May 19, 2025

Senate Apr 16, 2025

Senate Apr 16, 2025

Senate Apr 16, 2025

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