---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reporting and certification requirements by certain physicians regarding certain abortions."
description: "Relating to reporting and certification requirements by certain physicians regarding certain abortions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "851"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Texas HB 215 (851)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Guillen", "Hughes", "Klick", "Laubenberg", "Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-07-18"
last_action: "2017-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d5a32d-69cb-4d04-a260-ace0e75bec35"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 215.xml"
source_hash: "416883ed62c2660ef7b2cc07697fb9b4062eee6c3555c8ea91434282dca1ed33"
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 215 (851) — Relating to reporting and certification requirements by certain physicians regarding certain abortions.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB00215I.htm)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB00215E.htm)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB00215H.htm)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB00215S.htm)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billtext/html/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB00215F.htm)

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Laubenberg — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, Rodney — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen, Dennis — cosponsor (person)
- Burkett — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cosper — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dale — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Elkins — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Gooden — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
- Keough — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rinaldi — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Schubert — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Villalba — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Workman — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zedler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-18** Filed `filing`
- **2017-07-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2017-07-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2017-07-26** Left pending in committee
- **2017-07-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2017-07-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2017-07-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2017-08-01** Committee report distributed
- **2017-08-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2017-08-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2017-08-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-08-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-03** Point of order overruled
- **2017-08-03** Point of order overruled
- **2017-08-03** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2017-08-03** Record vote
- **2017-08-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-08-04** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-04** Passed `passage`
- **2017-08-04** Record vote
- **2017-08-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2017-08-04** Reported engrossed
- **2017-08-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2017-08-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-08-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2017-08-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2017-08-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2017-08-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2017-08-13** Record vote
- **2017-08-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-08-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-13** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2017-08-13** Record vote
- **2017-08-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-13** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2017-08-13** Record vote
- **2017-08-13** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-13** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2017-08-13** Record vote
- **2017-08-13** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2017-08-13** Record vote
- **2017-08-13** Remarks ordered printed
- **2017-08-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2017-08-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-08-15** Passed `passage`
- **2017-08-15** Record vote
- **2017-08-15** Senate passage reported
- **2017-08-15** Reported enrolled
- **2017-08-15** Signed in the House
- **2017-08-15** Signed in the Senate
- **2017-08-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-16** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d5a32d-69cb-4d04-a260-ace0e75bec35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).