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HB2622 • 2025

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Metcalf
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  3. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  5. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1038

  6. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  9. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  10. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  11. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  12. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#895

  13. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  15. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  16. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  17. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  18. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  19. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  22. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  23. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  24. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  27. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  28. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  29. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  31. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  34. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  35. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  36. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  37. 2025-02-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2622 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R9546 EAS-D

By: Metcalf

H.B. No. 2622

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health

facility or residential care facility.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1(c), Article 46.04, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(c) A female patient must be accompanied by a female

attendant
unless:

(1)

the patient is transported by a male attendant who

is wearing a body worn camera, as defined by Article 2B.0101, that

is activated for the duration of the patient's transport; or

(2)

the vehicle in which the patient is transported is

equipped with audio or video recording devices that actively record

for the duration of the patient's transport
.

SECTION 2. Section 574.045(d), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(d) A female patient must be accompanied by a female

attendant unless
:

(1)
the patient is accompanied by her father, husband,

or adult brother or son
;

(2)

the patient is transported by a male attendant who

is wearing a body worn camera, as defined by Article 2B.0101, Code

of Criminal Procedure, that is activated for the duration of the

patient's transport; or

(3)

the vehicle in which the patient is transported is

equipped with audio or video recording devices that actively record

for the duration of the patient's transport
.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.