TX HB 713

enacted

Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 713 pass?

Yes. TX HB 713 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 713 about?

TX HB 713 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to an exception to certain reporting requirements for health care providers reviewing selected cases for the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 713?

Cook, Johnson, Howard are the primary sponsors of TX HB 713, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-03-04
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-04
Referred to Public Health
referral-committee
2025-03-17
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-17
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-17
Left pending in committee
2025-04-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-14
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-23
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-23
Committee report distributed
2025-04-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-28
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-30
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-30
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-30
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-30
Record vote
2025-04-30
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-01
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-01
Passed
passage
2025-05-01
Record vote
2025-05-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-01
Reported engrossed
2025-05-05
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-05
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-05
Referred to Health & Human Services
referral-committee
2025-05-21
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-21
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-21
Testimony taken in committee
2025-05-21
Left pending in committee
2025-05-26
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-26
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-26
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-26
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-27
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-28
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-28
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-29
Senate passage reported
passage
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 immediately
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-04-30 · pass · 105-33
Member-level votes (153)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: 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
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- King: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Oliverson: 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
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Ashby: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Cook: no
- Gerdes: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Kerwin: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Pierson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Spiller: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Holt: absent
- Schoolcraf: absent
- Excused: absent
- Orr: absent
- Wall: absent
- Dorazio: absent
- Gates: absent
- Isaac: absent
- Kitzman: absent
- LaHood: absent
- McLaughli: absent
passage
2025-05-01 · pass · 105-34
Member-level votes (153)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: 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
- 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
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Canales: no
- Cook: no
- Gerdes: no
- Harrison: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Kerwin: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Luther: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Holt: absent
- Talaric: absent
- Excused: absent
- King: absent
- Bryant: absent
- Cunningham: absent
- Gates: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- McLaughlin: absent
- Turner: absent
- Vasut: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Cook: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Hall: no
- Hughes: no
- Middleton: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 713 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-28 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Cook: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Hall: no
- Hughes: no
- Middleton: no

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 713.xml

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