---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right to express breast milk."
description: "Relating to the right to express breast milk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Texas HB 541 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["González, Mary", "Toth", "Walle", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909a99b1-d88b-4fc7-a34e-d287fc5d9871"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 541.xml"
source_hash: "ce7518076ecc397d4587b0c53b805bb801252f4e86134cb5472eb64653e5695c"
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 541 (86) — Relating to the right to express breast milk.

## 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/HB00541I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-03** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/909a99b1-d88b-4fc7-a34e-d287fc5d9871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).