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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 4838: Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network.

Passed one chamber 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 4838 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to conducting an assessment of language accessibility with respect to certain health and human services programs and 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network. Primary sponsor: Penny Morales Shaw (Democratic), Suleman Lalani (Democratic), Don McLaughlin (Republican), Flores, Janie Lopez (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2025): Received from the House.

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): Democratic 12 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Penny Morales ShawPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Suleman LalaniPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Don McLaughlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse80
FloresPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Janie LopezPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Salman BhojaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
John BryantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse114
Aicha DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109
Terry MezaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Rodríguez RamosCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ron ReynoldsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Jon RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse135
Lauren SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Hubert VoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse149
Gene WuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse137

“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. Received from the House
  2. Reported engrossed
  3. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  4. Record vote
  5. Passed
  6. Laid out as postponed business
  7. Postponed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

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