Bill Commons

TX HB 2516

enacted

Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

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

Introduced
2025-03-17
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deanprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Whartonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Buckleyprimary
  • Guillenprimary
  • Lopez, Raycosponsor
  • Martinez Fischercosponsor
  • Morales, Eddiecosponsor
  • Raymondcosponsor
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Zaffirinicosponsor
  • Camposcosponsor
  • Garcia, Joseycosponsor
  • González, Jessicacosponsor
  • Jones, Ventoncosponsor
  • Lalanicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-17

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-17

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-17

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-28

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  11. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  12. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  13. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  32. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-05-20

    Co-sponsor authorized

  35. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  36. 2025-05-22

    Co-sponsor authorized

  37. 2025-05-26

    Co-sponsor authorized

  38. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  39. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  41. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  44. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  45. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  49. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  51. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  52. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  54. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  55. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  56. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  57. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee

  58. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees

  59. 2025-05-28

    House refuses to concur-reported

  60. 2025-05-28

    House requests conference committee-reported

  61. 2025-05-28

    House appoints conferees-reported

  62. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  63. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  64. 2025-05-29

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  65. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  66. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  67. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  68. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  69. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  70. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  71. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  72. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  73. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  74. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  75. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  76. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  77. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  78. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  79. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  80. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 130-19

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Button: 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
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: 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
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2516 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 31-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: 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
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: 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
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: 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, 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Harrison: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Toth: no
    • V: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Simmons: absent

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