---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials."
description: "Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Texas HB 49 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Open Records (I0548)", "PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION (S0596)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Kolkhorst", "Lalani"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f70e96-c05a-46f2-8403-3c3b8347a714"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 49.xml"
source_hash: "b6a9f48d8bc5dbd4c3ef1c812cbe5abf0cb068f69b0f1d911dbc3fe02ea7b14d"
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 49 (88) — Relating to public access to certain hospital investigation information and materials.

## 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/HB00049I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00049E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00049H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00049S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00049F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lalani — primary (person)
- Bryant — 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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **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** Placed on intent calendar
- **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`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/94f70e96-c05a-46f2-8403-3c3b8347a714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).