Bill Commons

TX SB 963

enacted

Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 963 pass?

Yes. TX SB 963 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 963 about?

TX SB 963 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 963?

Hughes, Manuel are the primary sponsors of TX SB 963, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-01-29
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Manuelprimary
  • Johnsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-21

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-21

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-21

    Read

  11. 2025-05-21

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-04-29

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  15. 2025-04-29

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  16. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-28

    Passed to 3rd reading

  21. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-04-28

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  23. 2025-04-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  24. 2025-04-28

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-04-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  26. 2025-04-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-04-25

    Considered in formal meeting

  28. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  33. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  39. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  40. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  41. 2025-04-10

    Co-author authorized

  42. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  43. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  44. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-03-26

    Vote taken in committee

  46. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-03-12

    Left pending in committee

  48. 2025-03-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  49. 2025-03-12

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-03-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  51. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  52. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  53. 2025-01-29

    Filed

    filing

  54. 2025-01-29

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 124-18

    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
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: 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
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: 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
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Martinez Fische: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 119-27

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: 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
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: 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
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: 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
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cook: no
    • Dean: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Moody: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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