Bill Commons

TX HB 2254

enacted

Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2254 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2254 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2254 about?

TX HB 2254 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2254?

Hull, Sparks are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2254, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hullprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-23

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

  17. 2025-05-19

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-19

    Co-sponsor authorized

  19. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-14

    Co-sponsor authorized

  25. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken in committee

  27. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-13

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  29. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  32. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-05-01

    Laid out as postponed business

  37. 2025-05-01

    Postponed

  38. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  41. 2025-04-30

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-04-30

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  44. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

  45. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  46. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  47. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  48. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  49. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-04-03

    Considered in formal meeting

  51. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  53. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  55. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  56. 2025-01-30

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 141-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: 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, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Lowe: 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
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: 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
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: 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
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Jones: not voting
    • J: not voting
    • Reynold: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Harrison: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 144-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • 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
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: 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
    • Lowe: 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
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: 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
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Hernande: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2254 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2254.xml

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