---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex."
description: "Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Texas HB 229 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION (S0767)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Human Relations (I0410)", "VITAL STATISTICS & RECORDS (S2714)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Leach", "Middleton", "Slawson", "Swanson", "Troxclair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 80
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c95a2c08-9f4a-4ff9-b33f-e58e97f94809"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 229.xml"
source_hash: "06af232fa6e8bcda9f82f1442703cd1046949c02d9d77c4fecbfe9fc8ddba86d"
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 229 (89R) — Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00229I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00229E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00229H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00229S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00229F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **86–36** (pass) · lower
- passage — **87–56** (pass) · lower
- other — **28–79** (fail) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Troxclair — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Postponed
- **2025-05-12** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-12** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Remarks ordered printed
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c95a2c08-9f4a-4ff9-b33f-e58e97f94809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).