---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim."
description: "Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Texas HB 531 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "MEDICAL RECORDS (S0104)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8759f59c-b09c-4b42-9129-074e13a284c6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 531.xml"
source_hash: "9c90d7e14b734ed352d16eeabdff2a01f7a03d2ba94e3dd7760579f99f48b0a5"
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 531 (86) — Relating to the retention by hospitals and physicians of certain medical records of a sexual assault victim.

## 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/HB00531I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/8759f59c-b09c-4b42-9129-074e13a284c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).