Enforcement of Protections for Minors

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Enforcement of Protections for Minors; Providing criminal penalties for health care practitioners who willfully or actively aid or abet another in a violation of specified provisions; clarifying that a private cause of action exists to recover damages for personal injury or death resulting from a violation of a specified provision; providing that an individual may recover all economic and noneconomic damages for…

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Dec 23, 2025SenateFiled
2. Jan 7, 2026CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Rules · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Jan 15, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
5. Jan 20, 2026CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs5–1 vote
6. Jan 21, 2026SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
7. Jan 22, 2026CommitteeNow in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy
8. Jan 22, 2026CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
9. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Clay YarboroughR Primary sponsor · District 4
• CF Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Sponsoring committee