---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of the newborn screening program."
description: "Relating to the administration of the newborn screening program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Texas SB 747 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c625bf16-0336-4662-bd6c-40b000dcbe7f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 747.xml"
source_hash: "a8f8eca0e627712f2c6b30a08fec532adb22670b7e7363f19c29834153b89c62"
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 747 (86) — Relating to the administration of the newborn screening program.

## 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/SB00747I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** 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/c625bf16-0336-4662-bd6c-40b000dcbe7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).