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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 16"
+citation: "Texas HB 16 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Klick", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Morrison", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21380c2d-71b4-4591-b4dc-f9241fb30e69"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 16.xml"
+source_hash: "b5efbb896c90ecc014560472638d3dd5b68ec9e8eccef0f49b0f5ab324fdbe71"
+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 16 (86) — Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00016I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **84–57** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **84–57** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Morrison — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21380c2d-71b4-4591-b4dc-f9241fb30e69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+