---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination."
description: "Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "Texas HB 616 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Guillen", "Minjarez", "Neave", "Nelson", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0395644-3250-431c-b7a1-23b7928da94b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 616.xml"
source_hash: "fc3153465feb6ca85407747f91b39d8e1f829a1cf5080c3958f56b88fa675aa5"
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 616 (86) — Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination.

## 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/HB00616I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-06** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** 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
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** 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/b0395644-3250-431c-b7a1-23b7928da94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).