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HB2516

Filed without the Governor's Signature
Authored by Ryan Guillen (R)
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Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.
Initially Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Health & Human Services Committee, chaired by a Republican
Joint authors: Buckley (R); Dean (R); Johnson (D); Wharton (R)
Co-authors: Campos (D); Garcia, J. (D); Gonzalez, J. (D); Jones, V. (D); Lalani (D); Lopez, R. (D); Martinez Fischer (D); Morales, E. (D); Raymond (D)
Sponsors: Schwertner (R)
Co-sponsors: Blanco (D); Cook (D); J. Hinojosa (D); Zaffirini (D)

(H) Blanco signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) Cook signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Cosponsor
(H) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Feb 5, 2025

(H) Guillen signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed

Mar 17, 2025

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

Apr 2, 2025

(H) Jones, V. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Buckley signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Apr 7, 2025

(H) Lopez, R. signed onto the bill as Coauthor

Apr 10, 2025

(H) Johnson signed onto the bill as Joint Author

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 22, 2025

(H) Morales, E. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Raymond signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Wharton signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Apr 25, 2025

(H) Dean signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Apr 28, 2025

(H) Gonzalez, J. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted

Apr 29, 2025

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

Apr 30, 2025

(H) Considered in Calendars

May 2, 2025

(H) Placed on General State Calendar

May 5, 2025

(H) Lalani signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Read 2nd time
(H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Dean amended the bill.
(H) Passed to engrossment as amended

May 6, 2025

(H) Martinez Fischer signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#1437: Yea 130 (R 68, D 62) - Nay 19 (R 19, D 0)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Howard; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Jones, V.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, C.; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Ordaz; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Plesa; Raymond; Reynolds; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schofield; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner
Nay - Bumgarner; Cain; Dorazio; Harrison; Hayes; Hopper; Hull; Leo Wilson; Lowe; Olcott; Oliverson; Patterson; Pierson; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Slawson; Tinderholt; Toth; Vasut
Present, Not Voting - Burrows
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Andy Hopper: "When Record No. 1437 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Jared Patterson: "When Record No. 1437 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Valoree Swanson: "When Record No. 1437 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House

May 7, 2025

(H) Campos signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Health & Human Services, chaired by a Republican

May 14, 2025

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

May 15, 2025

(H) Garcia, J. signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee

May 19, 2025

(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Committee report printed and distributed

May 20, 2025

(S) Placed on intent calendar

May 22, 2025

(S) Co-sponsor authorized

May 26, 2025

(S) Co-sponsor authorized
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time
(S) Amendment(s) offered

20250526_HB2516_FA1: Yea 30 (R 20, D 10) - Nay 1 (R 0, D 1)
Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini
Nay - Cook
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(S) Amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Amendment(s) offered

20250526_HB2516_FA2: Yea 31 (R 20, 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; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini
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(S) Amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Passed to 3rd reading as amended
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote
(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250526_HB2516_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, 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; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini
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(S) Record vote
(H) Senate passage as amended reported

May 27, 2025

(H) Senate Amendments distributed
(H) Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

May 28, 2025

(H) House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
(H) House requests conference committee
(H) House appoints conferees
(S) House refuses to concur-reported
(S) House requests conference committee-reported
(S) House appoints conferees-reported

May 29, 2025

(S) Senate grants request for conference comm.
(S) Senate appoints conferees
(H) Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
(H) Senate appoints conferees-reported

May 31, 2025

(S) Conference committee report filed
(H) Conf. Comm. Report distributed

Jun 1, 2025

(H) House adopts conference committee report
(H) Record vote

RV#4147: Yea 132 (R 80, D 52) - Nay 5 (R 4, D 1)
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Yea - Alders; 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.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Leach; Little; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morales Shaw; Morales, E.; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zweiner
Nay - Harrison; Isaac; Lowe; Toth; Vo
Absent - Davis, Y.; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rose; Simmons
Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Landgraf
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Briscoe Cain: "When Record No. 4147 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
David Spiller: "When Record No. 4147 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Hubert Vo: "When Record No. 4147 was taken, I was shown voting no. I intended to vote yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Toni Rose: "When Record No. 4147 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(S) Senate adopts conference committee report
(S) Record vote

20250601_HB2516_FA1: Yea 31 (R 20, 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; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini
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(H) Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
(S) House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

Jun 2, 2025

(H) Reported enrolled
(H) Signed in the House
(S) Signed in the Senate
(E) Sent to the Governor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(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 Jennifer Cawley for Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as April Beggs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

For

(Wed 5/14/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Chris Larkin for self (with ALS Association)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Chris Larkin for self (with The ALS Association)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Christopher Spaulding for self (with The ALS Association)
(Wed 5/14/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Cissy Larkin for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Diana Arevalo for The ALS Association
(Wed 5/14/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Diana Arevalo for The ALS Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Jeremy Van Haselen for DaVita
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Josie Gamez for American Kidney Fund
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Marc Young for self
(Wed 5/14/2025) Testifying before S Health & Human Services as Marc Young for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Veronica Behrend for self (with American Kidney Fund)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Yessar Hussain for self (with Texas Neurological Society)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Aaron Gregg for Fresenius Medical Care
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Alex Gamez for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Antoinette Verdone for The ALS Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Ben Wright for Texas Medical Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Carolyn Drummond for self (with ALS Asoociation)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Chase Bearden for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Chase Bearden for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Christine Yanas for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Christine Yanas for Methodist Healthcare Ministries
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Cissy Larkin for self (with ALS Association)
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Cole Glosser for Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
(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 Eric Woomer for Otsuka
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Erin Cusack for Texas Nurse Practitioners
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Fritz Weiss for The ALS Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Gail Price for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Gary Ingram for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Holly Crowder for The ALS Association
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Jeff Miller for Disability Rights Texas
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Jeremy Van Haselen for DaVita
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as John Drummond for self
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Josie Gamez for self (with American Kidney Fund)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Ky Ash for U.S. Renal Care
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Ky Ash for U.S. Renal Care
(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)
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Marc Hoskins for Disability Rights Texas
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Mike McBrierty for Biogen
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Nzingha Williams-Eugene for Teaching Hospitals of Texas
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Pamela Zielske for Dialysis Patient Citizens
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Phil Russell for The ALS Association
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Rebecca Young for self
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Roxanne Jones for United Way
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Sara Gonzalez for Texas hospital association
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Steven Deline for self
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Tom Holloway for Texas Neurological Society
(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Tom Holloway for Texas Neurological Society

(Wed 5/14/2025) Registering before S Health & Human Services as Rachel Bowden for TDI
(Thu 4/17/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Rachel Bowden for Texas Department of Insurance