TX HB 2159

died on adjournment

Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2159 pass?

No. TX HB 2159 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Referred to Health & Human Services

What is TX HB 2159 about?

TX HB 2159 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2159?

Gámez, Hayes, Spiller and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2159.

Introduced: 2025-03-14
Latest action: 2025-05-19 — Referred to Health & Human Services
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-19
Referred to Health & Human Services
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-14
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-14
Reported engrossed
2025-05-14
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-14
Record vote
2025-05-14
Passed
passage
2025-05-14
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-13
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13
Record vote
2025-05-13
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-13
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-13
Postponed
2025-05-13
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-10
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-08
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-07
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-06
Committee report distributed
2025-05-06
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-28
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-28
Recalled from subcommittee
2025-04-22
Left pending in subcommittee
2025-04-22
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
2025-04-22
Considered by s/c in public hearing
2025-04-22
Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
2025-03-14
Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
referral-committee
2025-03-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-28
Filed
filing

Versions

IntroducedCompare
House Committee ReportCompare
EngrossedCompare
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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-13 · pass · 116-17
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Harrison: no
- Hull: no
- LaHood: no
- Lopez, J.: no
- Lowe: no
- McQueeney: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Excused: absent
- Craddick: absent
- Hunte: absent
- Ashby: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Curry: absent
- Garcia, L.: absent
- Geren: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Walle: absent
passage
2025-05-14 · pass · 115-25
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Ashby: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Curry: no
- Harrison: no
- Hull: no
- LaHood: no
- Lowe: no
- McQueeney: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Oliverson: no
- Orr: no
- Pierson: no
- Schofield: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Virdell: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Buckley: absent
- Holt: absent
- Olcot: absent
- Barry: absent
- Hickland: absent
- Lopez: absent
- R: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Martinez Fische: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2159.xml

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