HB139

2nd Reading
Authored by Jay Dean (R)
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Caption: Relating to employer health benefit plans that do not include state-mandated health benefits.
Initially Referred to House Insurance Committee, chaired by a Republican
Joint authors: Gerdes (R); Harless (R); Hull (R); Tepper (R)
Co-authors: Isaac (R); Kitzman (R); Martinez (D); Metcalf (R)

Mar 7, 2025


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

Mar 10, 2025


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

Mar 26, 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 2, 2025


(H) Gerdes signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Harless signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Hull signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Tepper signed onto the bill as Joint Author
 

Apr 3, 2025


(H) House Insurance met.
(H) Considered in formal meeting
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

Apr 7, 2025


(H) Isaac signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Apr 8, 2025


(H) Martinez signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

Apr 14, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 15, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

Apr 25, 2025


(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Coauthor
 

May 7, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 10, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 12, 2025


(H) Kitzman signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
 

May 15, 2025


(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Point of order withdrawn
(H) Postponed

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Brent Masel for self (with Texas Brain Injury Providers Alliance)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Chase Bearden for self (with Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Erin Samaratunga for NeuroRestorative
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Ezequiel Silva for self (with Texas Medical Association)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Heather De La Garza-Barone for Texas Hospital Association
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Melissa Nicewarner Daly for self (with Brain Injury Association of America)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Morgan Beckmon for self (with NeuroRestorative)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Terri Carriker for self (with Protect TX Fragile Kids)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Allison Griffin for Texans for Health Access
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as and Allergy for
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Austin Sheffield for self (with Rehab Without Walls)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Charlie Gagen for Ameeican Lung Association
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Christine Busse for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Clayton Travis for Texas Pediatric Society
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as David Reynolds for Texas Chapter American College of Physicians
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Deanna Kuykendall for Texas Brain Injury Providers Alliance
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Diana Dobson for Texans for Health Access
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Duane Galligher for Texas Association of Addiction Professionals
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Duane Galligher for Texas Pharmacy Association
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Eric Woomer for Federation of Texas Psychiatry, Texas Dermatological Society, Texas Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology Society
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Januari Fox for Prism Health North Texas
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Lynn Cowles for Every Texan
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Mark Comfort for self
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Michelle Wittenburg for US Anesthesia Partners Texas
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Richard Evans for Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Sara Allen for Texas college of emergency physicians
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Sara Allen for Texas Radiological Society
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Sara Allen for Texas Society of Pathologists
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Tom Banning for Texas Academy of Family Physicians
 

For

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Annie Spilman for Texans for Affordable Healthcare
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Blake Hutson for Texas Association of Health Plans
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Carl Isett for self (with Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Glenn Hamer for Texas Association of Business
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Gregg Girvan for Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Jeff Burdett for National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Jessica Watts for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Shannon Meroney for National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP-TX)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Cameron Duncan for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Carrie Simmons for Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as ERIC GLENN for SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Gray Rutledge for Texas Conservative Coalition
 

On

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Insurance as Tiffany Jones-Smith for self (with Texas Kidney Foundation)
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Joel Romo for American Diabetes Association
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Insurance as Rachel Bowden for Texas Department of Insurance



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