---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statewide initiatives to improve maternal and newborn health for women with opioid use disorder."
description: "Relating to statewide initiatives to improve maternal and newborn health for women with opioid use disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Texas SB 436 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Women (I0925)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Nelson", "Price", "Rose", "Sheffield", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68819fa7-5f9c-4997-81c0-9e5289df78c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 436.xml"
source_hash: "371d7321645f5e9881e9253f5282be8ff4b8cd0e6ac0509617eb9f9c6912d2d1"
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 SB 436 (86) — Relating to statewide initiatives to improve maternal and newborn health for women with opioid use disorder.

## 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/SB00436I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-13** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68819fa7-5f9c-4997-81c0-9e5289df78c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).