republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-171.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency."
description: "Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Texas HB 171 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANELL BORREGO ACT (PW9TS)", "Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46448596-1ac6-4200-80b0-e2651aea4727"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 171.xml"
source_hash: "d7b718105ef39ff5996f6defc0954768e09f6f845bd90deecf30b818d93e9375"
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 171 (89R) — Relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and the duration of court-ordered treatment for a person with a chemical dependency.

## 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/HB00171I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00171E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00171H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00171S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00171F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 171 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **117–20** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–27** (pass) · upper
- passage — **122–22** (pass) · lower
- passage — **109–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- West — 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 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/46448596-1ac6-4200-80b0-e2651aea4727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).