---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to maternal and newborn health care and the quality of services provided to women in this state under certain health care programs."
description: "Relating to maternal and newborn health care and the quality of services provided to women in this state under certain health care programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 750"
citation: "Texas SB 750 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MIDLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (D0049)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Women (I0925)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD", "TEXAS (V4280)", "MATERNAL MORTALITY & MORBIDITY TASK FORCE (V0983)", "SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION (V8389)", "TEXAS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY REVIEW COMMITTEE (V1186)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Frank", "Kolkhorst", "Ortega", "Price", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f97b513c-4d07-4b17-a5d2-d0d9b27167ae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 750.xml"
source_hash: "58a23bc5ed506451d65f4e7a2a26d48df1672bfcc53963e4ff8645356fcefb27"
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 750 (86) — Relating to maternal and newborn health care and the quality of services provided to women in this state under certain health care programs.

## 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/SB00750I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Ortega — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — 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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Amendment(s) considered in committee
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** 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
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f97b513c-4d07-4b17-a5d2-d0d9b27167ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).