---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care benefits of persons wrongfully imprisoned."
description: "Relating to health care benefits of persons wrongfully imprisoned."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "Texas HB 1455 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT (S0442)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Bhojani", "Garcia", "Johnson", "Lambert", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae700f23-dae2-4de5-8763-3295e7ccad87"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1455.xml"
source_hash: "77bb93a9c3bc1ff3c7e72bdb74400b836ee4aa12a1384df8cdae8cd9eaf01b51"
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 1455 (88) — Relating to health care benefits of persons wrongfully imprisoned.

## 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/HB01455I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01455E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01455H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01455S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01455F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anchía — primary (person)
- Bhojani — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-31** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** 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/ae700f23-dae2-4de5-8763-3295e7ccad87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).