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SB2476   Signed by the Governor
Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Caption: Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.
Democrat Bill, authored by Zaffirini
Co-authors: Hancock; West
Sponsors: Oliverson
Co-sponsors:

View at Texas Legislature Online

Fri 3/10/2023


(S) Filed
(S) Judith Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Author
 

Thu 3/23/2023


(S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Wed 4/12/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Thu 4/13/2023


(S) Kelly Hancock signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Thu 4/20/2023


(S) Considered in public hearing
 

Mon 5/1/2023


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Tue 5/2/2023


(S) Record Vote (Senate Third Reading)

Senate Vote: Yeas 31 (R 19, D 12) - Nays 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hall; Hancock; Hinojosa; Huffman; Hughes; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; LaMantia; Menéndez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; Springer; West; Whitmire; Zaffirini

(S) Royce West signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Sat 5/6/2023


(H) Referred to the House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
 

Tue 5/9/2023


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) House Insurance Committee met and decided to leave this bill pending without objection.
 

Thu 5/11/2023


(H) House Insurance Committee met and voted for passage. Ayes (Oliverson; Johnson, Ann; Cain; Cortez; Harris, Caroline; Hull; Johnson, Julie; Paul; Perez)
 

Fri 5/19/2023


(H) Record Vote No. 1845 (Considered on second reading on the previous legislative day on the local, consent, and resolutions calendar were laid before the house, read third time, and passed.)


This is a Local and Consent Bill

RV#1845: Yeas 136 (R 75, D 61) - Nays 7 (R 7, D 0)
SB2476 was "bundled" with many other bills and passed.
View in House Legislative Journal

Yea - Allen; Allison; Anchía; Anderson; Ashby; Bailes; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Burns; Burrows; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Clardy; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Darby; Davis; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Flores; Frank; Frazier; Gamez; Garcia; Gates; Gerdes; Gervin-Hawkins; Goldman; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris, C. E.; Harris, C. J.; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Holland; Howard; Hunter; Jetton; Johnson, A.; Johnson, J. D.; Johnson, J. E.; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kacal; King, K.; King, T.; Kitzman; Klick; Kuempel; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo-Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lozano; Lujan; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morrison; Muñoz; Murr; Neave Criado; Noble; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Ortega; Paul; Perez; Plesa; Price; Ramos; Raney; Raymond; Reynolds; Rogers; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schaefer; Schofield; Shaheen; Sherman; Shine; Smith; Smithee; Spiller; Stucky; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thierry; Thompson, E.; Thompson, S.; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Vo; Walle; Wilson; Zwiener

Registered No - ; Harrison; Hull; Isaac; Patterson; Schatzline; Slawson; Thimesch

(Registering "No" makes no change on the passage of this bill.)

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Bryant: "When Record No. 1845 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)


 

Sun 5/28/2023


(S) Signed in the Senate
 

Mon 5/29/2023


(H) Signed in the House


Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Kelly, Bill for Mayor's Office, City of Houston
 

For

(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Hutson, Blake for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Muschalek, Keith for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Cascio, Charles for AARP Texas
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Cascio, Charles for AARP Texas
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Glenn, Ann for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Guy, Linda for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Harris, Ashley for United Ways of Texas
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Jacob, Carl for self
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Meroney, Shannon for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Oberhoff, Butch for Texas EMS Alliance
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Romo, Joel for Texas Ambulance Association
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Romo, Joel for Texas Ambulance Association
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Stewart, Susan for self
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Wells, Tina for Global Medical Response
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Wendell, Ware for Texas Watch
 

On

(Tue 5/9/2023) Testifying before House Insurance as Hutson, Blake for Texas Association of Community Health Plans
(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Smith, Brent for Texas EMS Alliance
(Wed 4/12/2023) Testifying before Senate Health & Human Services as Sulphur Springs, TX for
(Wed 4/12/2023) Registering before Senate Health & Human Services as Wright, Cindy for Texas Department of Insurance
(Tue 5/9/2023) Registering before House Insurance as Wright, Cindy for Texas Department of Insurance



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