---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy."
description: "Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1044"
citation: "Texas SB 1044 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "Women (I0925)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Orr", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e913b5e3-b88a-4a2c-a613-7d6351f0c1f0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1044.xml"
source_hash: "8077c662b4e0cc114f755c029575a89ec5021bbe878096d300b5d0027e546a20"
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 1044 (89R) — Relating to newborn screening tests for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

## 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/SB01044I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01044E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01044H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01044S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01044F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Orr — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** 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/e913b5e3-b88a-4a2c-a613-7d6351f0c1f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).