HB52Introduced in the House

Minors & Psychiatric Hospitals

Vetoed

Introduced by Maxine Dibert, District 31

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act relating to the rights of minors undergoing evaluation or inpatient treatment at psychiatric hospitals; relating to the use of seclusion or restraint of minors at psychiatric hospitals; relating to a report published by the Department of Health; relating to inspections by the Department of Health of certain psychiatric hospitals; and providing for an effective date.

Where it stands

GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y36 N24

June 19, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House: Effective Date Concur · May 17, 2026

Yes

Absent or Not Voting

40 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

Representative	District	Vote
Jeremy Bynum	1	Yes
Rebecca Himschoot	2	Yes
Andrea Story	3	Yes
Sara Hannan	4	Yes
Louise Stutes	5	Yes
Sarah Vance	6	No
Justin Ruffridge	7	Yes
Bill Elam	8	No
Ky Holland	9	Yes
Charles Kopp	10	Yes

Bill history

January 22, 2025
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
January 22, 2025
HSS, L&C
January 27, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): FIELDS
March 3, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
April 7, 2025
COSPONSOR(S): BURKE
April 30, 2025
HSS RPT CS(HSS) 6DP 1NR
April 30, 2025
DP: FIELDS, GRAY, SCHWANKE, RUFFRIDGE, MEARS, MINA
April 30, 2025
NR: PRAX
April 30, 2025
FN1: ZERO(DFC)
April 30, 2025
FN2: ZERO(DFC)
April 30, 2025
FN3: (DOH)
April 30, 2025
FIN REPLACES L&C REFERRAL
March 18, 2026
COSPONSOR(S): JIMMIE
March 25, 2026
FIN RPT CS(HSS) 9DP 1NR
March 25, 2026
DP: JIMMIE, GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, HANNAN, MOORE, BYNUM, JOSEPHSON, FOSTER,
March 25, 2026
SCHRAGE
March 25, 2026
NR: STAPP
March 25, 2026
FN4: ZERO(DFC)
March 25, 2026
FN5: ZERO(DFC)
March 25, 2026
FN6: (DOH)
March 25, 2026
COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN, HANNAN
April 22, 2026
RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2026
April 22, 2026
READ THE SECOND TIME
April 22, 2026
HSS CS ADOPTED UC
April 22, 2026
AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC
April 22, 2026
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
April 22, 2026
READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 52(HSS) AM
April 22, 2026
PASSED Y37 E3
April 22, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
April 22, 2026
COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, STORY, SCHRAGE, MINA, COSTELLO
April 22, 2026
TRANSMITTED TO (S)
April 22, 2026
VERSION: CSHB 52(HSS) AM
April 24, 2026
READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
April 24, 2026
FIN
May 6, 2026
CROSS SPONSOR(S): MERRICK, GIESSEL, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, STEDMAN, KAWASAKI,
May 6, 2026
DUNBAR
May 16, 2026
FIN RPT SCS 2DP 4NR SAME TITLE
May 16, 2026
DP: HOFFMAN, MERRICK
May 16, 2026
NR: OLSON, KAUFMAN, CRONK, KIEHL
May 16, 2026
FN4: ZERO(DFC)
May 16, 2026
FN5: ZERO(DFC)
May 16, 2026
FN6: (DOH)
May 17, 2026
RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2026
May 17, 2026
READ THE SECOND TIME
May 17, 2026
FIN SCS ADOPTED UC
May 17, 2026
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
May 17, 2026
READ THE THIRD TIME SCS CSHB 52(FIN)
May 17, 2026
PASSED Y20 N-
May 17, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
May 17, 2026
TRANSMITTED TO (H) AS AMENDED
May 17, 2026
VERSION: SCS CSHB 52(FIN)
May 17, 2026
CONCUR MESSAGE RECEIVED AND TAKEN UP
May 17, 2026
CONCUR AM OF (S) Y26 N14
May 17, 2026
EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y32 N8
June 10, 2026
12:55 P.M. 6/5/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR
June 20, 2026
VETOED BY GOVERNOR 6/18/26
June 19, 2026
GOVERNOR VETO SUSTAINED Y36 N24

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