---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee."
description: "Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 852"
citation: "Texas HB 852 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "TEXAS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY REVIEW COMMITTEE (V1186)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Oliverson", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-01"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee4c4f85-4b6b-4b7b-9a9f-acbcadd5eec9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 852.xml"
source_hash: "773687f83b3c119c5a6b863817fe9fa14731906f46f90c60f357dd413d04a3e5"
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 852 (88) — Relating to the composition of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

## 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/HB00852I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00852E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00852H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00852S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00852F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–16** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Record vote
- **2023-04-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/ee4c4f85-4b6b-4b7b-9a9f-acbcadd5eec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).