---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings."
description: "Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4085"
citation: "Texas HB 4085 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Perry", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d19f68-1e8e-49fc-b5fa-af8bb1d68915"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4085.xml"
source_hash: "0ab2f11613f4a71924f22c6b628a56dcc2e66a93b77fdd3592c0e2ce6a695920"
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 4085 (88) — Relating to the payment by the state or a county of costs for certain mental health hearings or proceedings.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04085I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04085E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04085H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04085S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04085F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22d19f68-1e8e-49fc-b5fa-af8bb1d68915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).