SB916

Signed by Governor
Authored by Judith Zaffirini (D)
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Caption: Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.
Initially Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Co-authors: Hancock (R)
Sponsors: Spiller (R)


(S) Spiller signed onto the bill as Sponsor
 

Jan 24, 2025


(S) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Author
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate
(S) Filed
 

Feb 13, 2025


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

Mar 5, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Testimony taken in committee
(S) Left pending in committee
 

Mar 18, 2025


(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

Mar 24, 2025


(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

Mar 25, 2025


(S) Hancock signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Co-author authorized
(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

Mar 27, 2025


(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
(S) Record Vote
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record Vote

20250327_SB916_E: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Absent - King

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(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250327_SB916_3R: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

Absent - King

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(S) Record Vote
(S) Reported engrossed
 

Mar 31, 2025


(H) Received from the Senate
 

Apr 9, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Insurance, chaired by a Republican
 

Apr 17, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 23, 2025


(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
 

Apr 29, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

May 19, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 21, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to 3rd reading
(H) Record vote

RV#3174: Yea 142 (R 83, D 59) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Dutton; Geren; Harris; Orr

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Vasut

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May 22, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H)

RV#3205: Yea 144 (R 83, D 61) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner

Absent - Paul; Virdell

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Vasut

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

Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 3205 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

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May 23, 2025


(S) House passage reported
(S) Reported enrolled
 

May 26, 2025


(S) Signed in the Senate
(H) Signed in the House
 

May 27, 2025


(E) Sent to the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

For

(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Blake Hutson for Texas Association of Health Plans
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Butch Oberhoff for Texas EMS Alliance
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Jamie Dudensing for Texas Association of Health Plans
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Josh Jacobs for Burleson Fire Department, City of Burleson
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Michael Furrh for self (with Texas EMS Alliance)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Rachel Harracksingh for Texas Ambulance Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Rachel Harracksingh for Texas Ambulance Association
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Annie Spilman for Texans for Affordable Healthcare
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Annie Spilman for Texans for Affordable Healthcare
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Ashley Harris for United Way
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Ben Wright for Texas Medical Association
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Billy Phenix for America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Carl Isett for self (with Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Cascio for Cas-sio
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Charles Cascio for AARP
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Chase Bearden for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Chris Fletcher for City of Burleson
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Christine Yanas for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Danielle Lobsinger Bush for Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Faith Villarreal for Texas Association of Business
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Glenn Hamer for Texas Association of Business
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Jacob Smith for City of Houston
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Joshua Sanders for City of Houston
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Lauren Fleming for Texas coalition for patients
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Mackenzie Lyra for Texas Health Resources (THR)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Sara Gonzalez for Texas Hospital Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Sara Gonzalez for Texas hospital association
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Sarah Horn for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Shannon Meroney for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Stephen Stephens for self (with Texas Ambulance Association)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Tina Wells for Global Medical Response
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Tina Wells for self (with Global Medical Response)
 

On

(Wed 3/5/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Sheila Hemphill for self (with Texas Right To Know, Texas Hemp Industries Association)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Cindy Wright for Texas Department of Insurance
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Jorie Klein for Department of State Health Services
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Rachel Bowden for Texas Department of Insurance
(Wed 3/5/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Timothy Stevenson for Department of State Health Services



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