---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression."
description: "Relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Texas HB 253 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Women (I0925)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farrar", "Guillen", "Kolkhorst", "Minjarez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d31b11-020a-458f-a349-47730bc638fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 253.xml"
source_hash: "17dd6f451841090517ac2c6890848dac23152fab574f5fc158cf3ad78af3d9a0"
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 253 (86) — Relating to a strategic plan to address postpartum depression.

## 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/HB00253I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **89–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farrar — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** 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/f2d31b11-020a-458f-a349-47730bc638fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).