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TX HB 2516

enacted

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2516 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2516 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2516 about?

TX HB 2516 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2516?

Dean, Schwertner, Wharton and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2516, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deanprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Whartonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Guillenprimary
  • Lopez, Raycosponsor
  • Martinez Fischercosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor
  • Raymondcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Zaffirinicosponsor
  • Camposcosponsor
  • Garcia, Joseycosponsor
  • González, Jessicacosponsor
  • Jones, Ventoncosponsor
  • Lalanicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  9. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  10. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  13. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  20. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  26. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  27. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  28. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  30. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  31. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  32. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  39. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  42. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  44. 2025-05-26

    Co-sponsor authorized

  45. 2025-05-22

    Co-sponsor authorized

  46. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

  48. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  49. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  50. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  51. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  53. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  54. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  56. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  57. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  58. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  59. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  60. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  61. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  63. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  64. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  65. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  66. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  67. 2025-05-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  68. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  69. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  70. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  71. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  72. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  73. 2025-04-28

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  74. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  75. 2025-04-17

    Left pending in committee

  76. 2025-04-17

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  77. 2025-04-17

    Considered in public hearing

  78. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  79. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  80. 2025-02-05

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 130-19

    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
    • Button: 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
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: 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
    • 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
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: 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
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2516 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 31-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: 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
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: 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
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: 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, 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Toth: no
    • V: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Simmons: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2516.xml

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