republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-916.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs."
description: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 916"
citation: "Texas HB 916 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY PLANNING & BIRTH CONTROL (S0466)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Howard", "Ordaz", "Paxton", "Rose", "Slawson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ad4161b-66a4-4796-bb8d-334ea444411f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 916.xml"
source_hash: "f1384b3be723128e66e1a2ec4fc7d78e12947181c5d594c5398405b4af7e8837"
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 916 (88) — Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs.

## 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/HB00916I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00916E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00916H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00916S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00916F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **136–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 916 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Ordaz — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Slawson — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Neave Criado — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/4ad4161b-66a4-4796-bb8d-334ea444411f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).