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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim."
+description: "Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 531"
+citation: "Texas HB 531 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "MEDICAL RECORDS (S0104)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Miller"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-12-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8759f59c-b09c-4b42-9129-074e13a284c6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 531.xml"
+source_hash: "9c90d7e14b734ed352d16eeabdff2a01f7a03d2ba94e3dd7760579f99f48b0a5"
+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 531 (86) — Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim.
+
+## 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/HB00531I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-08** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-02** 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/8759f59c-b09c-4b42-9129-074e13a284c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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