Monitoring the Session

HB 330

pregnant patients in treatment skip the child abuse report

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Terry MezaDHouse 105

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Applies if she’s in treatment, recently finished or tried enrolling within five days.

The bill lets doctors, prenatal providers, and mental health workers skip a child abuse report when a pregnant patient voluntarily admits illegal drug use during pregnancy and shows she is in treatment, has recently finished treatment, or tried to enroll within five days. The provider must also decide there is no immediate risk of harm to the child from the drug exposure or from the parent. It also bars the state child protection agency from investigating a drug-use-during-pregnancy report if the person enrolls in and completes a supervised treatment program, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 811 (Did not pass) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 811 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence committee 8-2 on May 8, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 15, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB330 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Terry MezaDHouse 105

ITEM

relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.

WHAT IT DOES

Applies if she’s in treatment, recently finished or tried enrolling within five days.

The bill lets doctors, prenatal providers, and mental health workers skip a child abuse report when a pregnant patient voluntarily admits illegal drug use during pregnancy and shows she is in treatment, has recently finished treatment, or tried to enroll within five days. The provider must also decide there is no immediate risk of harm to the child from the drug exposure or from the parent. It also bars the state child protection agency from investigating a drug-use-during-pregnancy report if the person enrolls in and completes a supervised treatment program, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 10, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
  8. Recalled from subcommittee
  9. Considered in formal meeting
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
  15. Considered in Calendars
  16. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Terry Meza

Donors

House Democratic Campaign Committee$7KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$4KTexas Sands PAC$4K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Nov 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

House Democratic Campaign Committee$7,000.00

House Democratic Campaign Committee

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on May 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101059960.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$4,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985189, 101032865.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 13, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985189.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

House Democratic Campaign Committee

$7,000.00

Cash
$7,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,000.00

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Feb 3, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on May 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101059960.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 1, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985189, 101032865.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 13, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985189.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses14
For
11
Against
1
On
2
Names

For

  • Every Body Texas1 registration
  • National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; Cenikor Foundation1 registration
  • Self; Family Freedom Project1 registration
  • Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys1 registration
  • Texans Care for Children1 registration
  • Texas CASA1 registration
  • Texas Civil Rights Project1 registration
  • Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition1 registration
  • TexProtects1 registration

Against

  • Self1 registration

On

  • Self2 registrations
Sources

14 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 10, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 811

by Rep. Meza, same lead author · Did not pass · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Apr 20, 2023: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/15/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 8 aye, 2 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Family--Child Protection

Women

CHILD ABUSE

PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 364 words

89R5160 AMF-F

By: Meza
H.B. No. 330

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child

abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled

substance.

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

SECTION 1. Section 261.101, Family Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:

(b-2) A professional providing prenatal, mental health, or

other medical care to a person who voluntarily discloses to the

professional that the person illegally used a controlled substance,

as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, during pregnancy

is not required to make a report under this section if:

(1) the person provides proof that:

(A) the person is currently enrolled in or has

recently completed a substance abuse treatment program; or

(B) the person made reasonable efforts to enroll

in a substance abuse treatment program within five days after the

date the person made a disclosure described by this subsection; and

(2) the professional determines:

(A) there is no immediate risk of harm to the

child from the exposure to the controlled substance; and

(B) the person does not otherwise pose an

immediate risk of harm to the child.

SECTION 2. Section 261.301, Family Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as

follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), with [ With ]

assistance from the appropriate state or local law enforcement

agency as provided by this section, the department shall make a

prompt and thorough investigation of a report of child abuse or

neglect allegedly committed by a person responsible for a child's

care, custody, or welfare. The investigation shall be conducted

without regard to any pending suit affecting the parent-child

relationship.

(a-1) The department may not investigate a report of child

abuse or neglect allegedly committed by a person based on the

person's illegal use of a controlled substance, as defined by

Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, during pregnancy if the person

enrolls in and successfully completes a substance abuse treatment

program under the supervision of the referring or treating

professional.

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