---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month."
description: "Relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Texas HB 405 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH (H1765)", "Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Holidays (I0395)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Cecil", "Hinojosa", "Howard", "Kolkhorst", "Minjarez", "Ortega"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a975059-9ecc-401c-a0fa-8c4b65cd5cf7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 405.xml"
source_hash: "74f42d62887092c21ea64c9594ec1e92c5a189cdc71b382b4e93ac03d8b2ab49"
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 405 (86) — Relating to designating June as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month.

## 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/HB00405I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell, Cecil — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Ortega — primary (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-20** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/8a975059-9ecc-401c-a0fa-8c4b65cd5cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).