---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the provision of information following a screening."
description: "Relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the provision of information following a screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2255"
citation: "Texas HB 2255 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Johnson", "Oliverson", "Price", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1934ca-5824-4573-85c3-ad0ecd2151dc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2255.xml"
source_hash: "01bfcc34dde54d5c87ecf25eea14411299957fc77481f6bad7903de60f73cb67"
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 2255 (86) — Relating to newborn and infant hearing screening results and the provision of information following a screening.

## 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/HB02255I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** 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** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-09** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-10** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** 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/be1934ca-5824-4573-85c3-ad0ecd2151dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).