---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders."
description: "Relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4372"
citation: "Texas HB 4372 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "YOUTH CAMPS (S2463)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy", "Parker", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d531bd53-1bc2-4ecf-837b-c1257864da60"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4372.xml"
source_hash: "c87ea5ea982e06d7d20d538e4a7b64561c80a7d69e65e1470cfc4022724b5d31"
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 4372 (86) — Relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders.

## 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/HB04372I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **138–1** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murphy — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2019-05-21** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **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`
- **2019-06-14** 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/d531bd53-1bc2-4ecf-837b-c1257864da60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).