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TX HB 1700

enacted

Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1700 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1700 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 1700 about?

TX HB 1700 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain records of a health professional providing a telemedicine medical service, teledentistry dental service, or telehealth service.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1700?

Fairly, Shaheen, Frank and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1700.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Fairlyprimary
  • Shaheenprimary
  • Frankprimary
  • Howardprimary
  • Morales, Eddieprimary
  • Sparksprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-20

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-12

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-24

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-03-24

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-03-31

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-04-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-04-08

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-04-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-14

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-04-16

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-04-17

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-17

    Passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-04-17

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-17

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-17

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-17

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-04-22

    Received from the House

    introduction

  23. 2025-04-23

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-04-23

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  32. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-21

    Placed on intent calendar

  34. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  35. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  36. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  43. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  44. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  45. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  47. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  48. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-17 · pass · 144-1

    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
    • 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: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Harrison: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Col: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Longoria: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1700 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1700.xml

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