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TX HB 2254

enacted

Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2254 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2254 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2254 about?

TX HB 2254 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain health care services contract arrangements entered into by insurers and health care providers.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2254?

Hull, Sparks are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2254, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-14
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hullprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-30

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-14

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-03

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-30

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-30

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  16. 2025-04-30

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-01

    Postponed

  21. 2025-05-01

    Laid out as postponed business

  22. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  27. 2025-05-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-05

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  33. 2025-05-14

    Co-sponsor authorized

  34. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  36. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  38. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-05-19

    Co-sponsor authorized

  40. 2025-05-19

    Placed on intent calendar

  41. 2025-05-21

    Co-sponsor authorized

  42. 2025-05-21

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  43. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  44. 2025-05-21

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-21

    Three day rule suspended

  46. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  48. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  49. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  51. 2025-05-22

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  52. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the House

    passage

  53. 2025-05-23

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  54. 2025-05-23

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  55. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  56. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 141-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: 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
    • 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 Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • 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
    • Ordaz: 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
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: 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
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Jones: not voting
    • J: not voting
    • Reynold: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraf: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Harrison: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 144-0

    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
    • 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
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Hernande: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2254 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 31-0

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