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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2991: Relating to the donation of blood by persons younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2991 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the donation of blood by persons younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty. Primary sponsor: Helen Kerwin (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 20, 2025): Referred to Public Health.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Helen KerwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Public Health
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source