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Senate Health & Human Services committee reports multiple House bills, restores 48‑hour waiting period for voluntary relinquishment

May 26, 2025 | Committee on Health & Human Services, Senate, Legislative, Texas


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Senate Health & Human Services committee reports multiple House bills, restores 48‑hour waiting period for voluntary relinquishment
The Senate Committee on Health & Human Services on a meeting held June 2, date not specified, voted to favorably report multiple House bills and adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 47‑30 that restores a 48‑hour minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment, Senate members said.

The action came after a roll call confirmed eight members present and a quorum. Senator Hancock, sponsor of the committee substitute for House Bill 47‑30, said the substitute responds to concerns raised during hearings and returns the waiting period from seven days to the 48‑hour timeframe in current law. "So we took it back to 48," Hancock said.

Committee members moved and voted on a series of House bills during the session. The committee recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous favorable reports on multiple measures, typically with an 8‑0 vote. Vote tallies recorded in the minutes (where specified) included eight ayes and zero nays on bills such as House Bill 713, House Bill 426, House Bill 632, House Bill 2,399, House Bill 2,655, House Bill 3,748, House Bill 4,099 and others that were laid out as pending business and then reported favorably. House Bill 10,52 (transcript number formatting uncertain) was reported favorably on a recorded 7 ayes, 1 nay vote.

On House Bill 47‑30, the committee adopted the committee substitute addressing the waiting period for voluntary relinquishment that had drawn most of the testimony and feedback during hearings. After Hancock explained the change, the committee adopted the substitute and voted to report the bill favorably; the roll call showed eight ayes and zero nays.

Committee business concluded with the chair thanking staff and interns for their work preparing bills and materials. The measures favorably reported by the committee were sent to the full Senate for further consideration.

The meeting transcript does not specify statutory citations, the full text of the committee substitute, exact bill summaries, or a meeting location; those details will appear in the committee’s official minutes and bill packets forwarded to the Senate.

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