---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain women and children under the Medicaid medical transportation program."
description: "Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain women and children under the Medicaid medical transportation program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 25"
citation: "Texas HB 25 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)", "Women (I0925)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "MATERNAL MORTALITY & MORBIDITY TASK FORCE (V0983)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farrar", "González, Mary", "Phelan", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e2bf6a-51a0-4322-8861-eb5d9ffe17dc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 25.xml"
source_hash: "e389dfd90e1cd4f29ef715e2bb9699d59256db960c850a060cff7de3ae4d36ac"
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 25 (86) — Relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain women and children under the Medicaid medical transportation program.

## 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/HB00025I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–29** (pass) · lower
- other — **114–29** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farrar — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-15** Record vote
- **2019-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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
- **2019-05-16** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-16** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/27e2bf6a-51a0-4322-8861-eb5d9ffe17dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).