TX-HB18-2025
Texas · HB 18 · 2025
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
- Bill key
- TX-HB18-2025
- State
- Texas
- Session
- 2025
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 18, 89th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Tex. 2025) (enacted), https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB18.
- Short citation
- Tex. H.B. 18.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Relating to the establishment and administration of certain programs and services providing health care services to rural counties.
Curator notes
Denies mental health care to minors in absence of parental permission; Denies all mental health care to minors regardless of permission if such includes affirmation of child's gender that is not AGAB.
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Vandeaver | Republican | Representative | HD-001 | Primary sponsor |
| Stan Lambert | Republican | Representative | HD-071 | Primary sponsor |
| Ken King | Republican | Representative | HD-088 | Primary sponsor |
| Ann Johnson | Democratic | Representative | HD-134 | Primary sponsor |
| Trent Ashby | Republican | Representative | HD-009 | Primary sponsor |
| Charles Perry | Republican | Senator | SD-028 | Primary sponsor |
| Greg Bonnen | Republican | Representative | HD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Brad Buckley | Republican | Representative | HD-054 | Co-sponsor |
| Maria Flores | Democratic | Representative | HD-051 | Co-sponsor |
| Ryan Guillen | Republican | Representative | HD-031 | Co-sponsor |
| Cody Harris | Republican | Representative | HD-008 | Co-sponsor |
| Brooks Landgraf | Republican | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| William Metcalf | Republican | Representative | HD-016 | Co-sponsor |
| David Spiller | Republican | Representative | HD-068 | Co-sponsor |
| Cesar Blanco | Democratic | Senator | SD-029 | Co-sponsor |
| Brent Hagenbuch | Republican | Senator | SD-030 | Co-sponsor |
| Juan Hinojosa | Democratic | Senator | SD-020 | Co-sponsor |
| Lois Kolkhorst | Republican | Senator | SD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Kevin Sparks | Republican | Senator | SD-031 | Co-sponsor |
Hearings
Each hearing shows how it is tied to this bill. A video plays only after you press play.
Hearings that name or list this bill
Each of these is tied to the bill by its recording or printed record, or by its agenda or the bill's history.
-
Watch the video of the House Elections hearing on August 25, 2025
Plays from house.texas.gov; nothing loads until you press play.
Same committee and date
These hearings are matched to the bill only by committee and date. The committee met that day and may have taken up other bills too, so a match here does not mean this bill was heard.
-
Watch the video of the House State Affairs hearing on August 21, 2025
Plays from house.texas.gov; nothing loads until you press play.
Bill text
- As introduced (34,639 characters)
- As enrolled or final (35,315 characters)
Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.
Sources and license
The title, last recorded status, sponsors and dates are from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0(opens another site), credit LegiScan). The side, status, summary, curator notes, tags, topics, law status, court note and citation are the team's own work (CC BY-NC 4.0(opens another site)).