---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consent to the disclosure of certain information and to other matters relating to newborn and infant screening tests."
description: "Relating to consent to the disclosure of certain information and to other matters relating to newborn and infant screening tests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1404"
citation: "Texas SB 1404 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6809f821-5804-48c6-a450-1052ab0fd21b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1404.xml"
source_hash: "2b3c37ca9672ac8e410419ef75dd70cacffa786c9944fddeace5cc1d9e68e5f2"
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 SB 1404 (86) — Relating to consent to the disclosure of certain information and to other matters relating to newborn and infant screening tests.

## 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/SB01404I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** 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/6809f821-5804-48c6-a450-1052ab0fd21b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).