---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies."
description: "Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Texas HB 446 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "Statutory Revision (I0771)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Davis", "Frank", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1716d403-a420-43c0-86a2-b7f47376f749"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 446.xml"
source_hash: "fcf3cd1019e0cd215a52493aafad412a5393e7571d7b10a18a503e03da5a8b32"
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 446 (88) — Relating to the terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual disability and certain references to abolished health and human services agencies.

## 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/HB00446I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00446E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00446H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00446S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00446F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-03-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Record vote
- **2023-03-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-29** Reported engrossed
- **2023-03-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15** 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/1716d403-a420-43c0-86a2-b7f47376f749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).