---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the care of pregnant women confined in county jail."
description: "Relating to the care of pregnant women confined in county jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Texas HB 1651 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Women (I0925)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "RESTRAINTS (S0524)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Anderson, Charles \"Doc\"", "González, Mary", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/491bcdc3-a622-4027-8adc-a935b3068def"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1651.xml"
source_hash: "2fd13ce2184ed134cd0b106c369702b6ed988b5d91c49c0f3d0b9a3376eacbfb"
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 1651 (86) — Relating to the care of pregnant women confined in county jail.

## 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/HB01651I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** 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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/491bcdc3-a622-4027-8adc-a935b3068def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).