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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination."
description: "Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Texas SB 71 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Health--General (I0385)", "BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43beb6d9-5033-48ee-b3e3-8c6cc53394b4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 71.xml"
source_hash: "f47428f885f16d3a6cc565021fca526b748688fd883cda132367b554c96d9a0f"
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 71 (86) — Relating to the establishment of a statewide telehealth center for sexual assault forensic medical examination.
## 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/SB00071I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1430** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-02-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-02-28** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `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
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43beb6d9-5033-48ee-b3e3-8c6cc53394b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).