---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to coverage for mammography under certain health benefit plans."
description: "Relating to coverage for mammography under certain health benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Texas HB 170 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Women (I0925)", "MAMMOGRAPHY (S6017)", "MEDICAID (S4885)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bernal", "Davis, Sarah", "Guillen", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/038cdac4-9477-4074-ba39-c13c4f682756"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 170.xml"
source_hash: "35717a9d2f66f1ded790b016a0f477761373796267db012a27d7a6c292bf0c87"
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 170 (86) — Relating to coverage for mammography under certain health benefit plans.

## 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/HB00170I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–13** (pass) · lower
- other — **128–13** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bernal — primary (person)
- Davis, Sarah — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-22** 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** 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/038cdac4-9477-4074-ba39-c13c4f682756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).