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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
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description: "Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 16"
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citation: "Texas HB 16 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Abortion (I0005)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Klick", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Morrison", "Oliverson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 67
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-03-07"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21380c2d-71b4-4591-b4dc-f9241fb30e69"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 16.xml"
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source_hash: "b5efbb896c90ecc014560472638d3dd5b68ec9e8eccef0f49b0f5ab324fdbe71"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 16 (86) — Relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00016I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **84–57** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **94–2** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **84–57** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
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- Klick — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Morrison — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
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- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
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- Button — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
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- Geren — cosponsor (person)
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- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
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- Krause — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Lang — cosponsor (person)
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- Larson — cosponsor (person)
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- Leman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
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- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
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- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wray — cosponsor (person)
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- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
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- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-25** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-16** Record vote
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- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-16** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21380c2d-71b4-4591-b4dc-f9241fb30e69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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