---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mental health first aid training for veterans and immediate family members of veterans."
description: "Relating to mental health first aid training for veterans and immediate family members of veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4429"
citation: "Texas HB 4429 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce185a22-9d99-4ecf-8baf-fb7b0e0c30d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04400_HB04499/HB 4429.xml"
source_hash: "bcc07be4b2b71f76b00ac7deec396e9eda65b412394d03dd0415f83bd64a8363"
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 4429 (86) — Relating to mental health first aid training for veterans and immediate family members of veterans.

## 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/HB04429I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–1** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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/ce185a22-9d99-4ecf-8baf-fb7b0e0c30d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).