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TX HB 2038

enacted

Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2038 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2038 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 2038 about?

TX HB 2038 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2038?

Harris Davila, Perez, Vincent, Campos and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2038, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Harris Davilaprimary
  • Perez, Vincentprimary
  • Camposprimary
  • Oliversonprimary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Piersoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-07

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-07

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-04-07

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-04-07

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-04-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  25. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  28. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-20

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-21

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  35. 2025-05-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  36. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  37. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  39. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  44. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  46. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  47. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments distributed

  50. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  51. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  52. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-29

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  55. 2025-05-29

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  56. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  57. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the House

    passage

  58. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  59. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  60. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  61. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 144-0

    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
    • 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
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: 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
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Gámez: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Lujan: absent
    • Raymon: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 2038 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Schwertner: no

  • passage

    2025-05-29 · pass · 108-31

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: 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
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Campos: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Virdel: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Turne: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2038.xml

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