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TX SB 1188

enacted

Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1188 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1188 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1188 about?

TX SB 1188 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to electronic health record requirements; authorizing a civil penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1188?

Kolkhorst, Bonnen, Metcalf are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1188, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Bonnenprimary
  • Metcalfprimary
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Holtcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28

    Read

  11. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  21. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  23. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  25. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  26. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  27. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  29. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  30. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  31. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-22

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  33. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-22

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-22

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  37. 2025-05-22

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  38. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  40. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  44. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  45. 2025-05-05

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-17

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  47. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  48. 2025-04-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  49. 2025-04-07

    Reported engrossed

  50. 2025-04-07

    Statement(s) submitted

  51. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  52. 2025-04-07

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-04-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  54. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  55. 2025-04-07

    Three day rule suspended

  56. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  57. 2025-04-07

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-04-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-04-07

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  60. 2025-04-07

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  61. 2025-04-07

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  62. 2025-04-07

    Record vote

  63. 2025-04-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  64. 2025-04-01

    Placed on intent calendar

  65. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  66. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  67. 2025-03-27

    Vote taken in committee

  68. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  69. 2025-03-18

    Left pending in committee

  70. 2025-03-18

    Testimony taken in committee

  71. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  72. 2025-03-18

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  73. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  74. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  75. 2025-02-07

    Filed

    filing

  76. 2025-02-07

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-04-07 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1188 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-07 · pass · 24-6

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

  • passage

    2025-04-07 · pass · 23-7

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

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 86-56

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris(C): yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Turne: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Paul: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 86-49

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Capriglione: not voting
    • Patterson(C: not voting
    • Bryant: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • McLaughli: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 23-8

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

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1188.xml

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