---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing and screening."
description: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing and screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 428"
citation: "Texas HB 428 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER (S0658)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Guillen", "Kacal", "King, Ken", "Leach", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43eb2c1-e13c-4ff3-a8b9-23af6749c153"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 428.xml"
source_hash: "20772f9bfc5328fa2144025119dc38e3898f9fd3b7d733d0b72e17ede84b588f"
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 428 (87) — Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer testing and screening.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00428I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00428E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00428H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00428S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00428F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Kacal — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f43eb2c1-e13c-4ff3-a8b9-23af6749c153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).