---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on best practice standards for the detention of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on best practice standards for the detention of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3116"
citation: "Texas HB 3116 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b55a18-3b67-469b-a9ad-096ab02eaaff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3116.xml"
source_hash: "5a6c0048401ef7257411953679ac7ee3e7cc4a02102a361e16ea96188ddcb824"
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 3116 (86) — Relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a comprehensive study on best practice standards for the detention of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03116I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b55a18-3b67-469b-a9ad-096ab02eaaff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).