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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination."
+description: "Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 616"
+citation: "Texas HB 616 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Guillen", "Minjarez", "Neave", "Nelson", "Swanson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-03"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0395644-3250-431c-b7a1-23b7928da94b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 616.xml"
+source_hash: "fc3153465feb6ca85407747f91b39d8e1f829a1cf5080c3958f56b88fa675aa5"
+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 616 (86) — Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination.
+
+## 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/HB00616I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** 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
+- **2019-04-17** 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 Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** 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/b0395644-3250-431c-b7a1-23b7928da94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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