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TX SB 815

enacted

Relating to the use of certain automated systems in, and certain adverse determinations made in connection with, the health benefit claims process.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 815 pass?

Yes. TX SB 815 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 815 about?

TX SB 815 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the use of certain automated systems in, and certain adverse determinations made in connection with, the health benefit claims process.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 815?

Schwertner, Spiller are the primary sponsors of TX SB 815, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-16

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-16

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-27

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-02-27

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-02-27

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-06

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-03-11

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-03-11

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-03-13

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-13

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-18

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-03-20

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-03-26

    Co-author authorized

  18. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-03-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  26. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  27. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  28. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  31. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  37. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  38. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  41. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-23

    Placed on General State Calendar

  45. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  46. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  47. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-24

    Rules suspended

  50. 2025-05-24

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  51. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  55. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  56. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  57. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  58. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  59. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  60. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  61. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-26 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 25-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Bettencourt: no
    • Creighton: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Perry: no
    • Miles: not voting

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 815 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: not voting

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 127-4

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Gates: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Slawso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Teppe: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Rosenthal: absent
    • Schatzline: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 116-13

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Fairly: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hull: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Villalobos: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • King: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmons: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 815.xml

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