---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion."
description: "Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Texas SB 24 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "Women (I0925)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucio", "Paddie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32f90ed-b548-47ee-b9df-e62919c22b75"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml"
source_hash: "96a3e9cc89d27795ee219ed698fd96b60dba1c59fd8bdedaa9847f668a73beaa"
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 24 (86) — Relating to the provision of informational materials and certain other information to a pregnant woman before an abortion.

## 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/SB00024I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **83–60** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucio — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rereferred to committee
- **2019-03-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-21** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/d32f90ed-b548-47ee-b9df-e62919c22b75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).