---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program."
description: "Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Texas HB 37 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EVERLY'S LAW (P85H5)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "PERINATAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (V1205)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos", "Huffman", "Leach", "Oliverson", "Orr", "Plesa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b352178-586a-4604-8224-71451ab32e81"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 37.xml"
source_hash: "00c45cacd9fadcd49cacc09f1c8f7746fc7c51eab11600b17ff063feda0507b0"
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 37 (89R) — Relating to perinatal bereavement care provided by certain hospitals, a perinatal bereavement care initiative, and a perinatal bereavement care hospital recognition program.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00037I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00037E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00037H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00037S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00037F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Plesa — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Jolanda — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b352178-586a-4604-8224-71451ab32e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).