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TX HB 4273

died on adjournment

Relating to fraud prevention and verifying eligibility for benefits under Medicaid.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 4273 pass?

No. TX HB 4273 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-23): Returned from the House for further action

What is TX HB 4273 about?

TX HB 4273 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to fraud prevention and verifying eligibility for benefits under Medicaid.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4273?

Oliverson, Kolkhorst are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4273, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-04-01
Latest action
2025-05-23 — Returned from the House for further action
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Oliversonprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Isaaccosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-10

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-04-01

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-04-01

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-22

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-22

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-25

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-05-02

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-05-05

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  18. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  21. 2025-05-07

    Received from the House

    introduction

  22. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  23. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-05-13

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  27. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-05-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  31. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  32. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  33. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-20

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-21

    Senate Amendments distributed

  43. 2025-05-21

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  44. 2025-05-23

    Point of order sustained

  45. 2025-05-23

    Returned to the Senate for further action

  46. 2025-05-23

    Returned from the House for further action

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 143-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: 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, 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
    • Harrison: 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
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Orda: not voting
    • Bryant: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Ros: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Zaffirini: no
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4273 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-20 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Zaffirini: no

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