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TX HB 3211

enacted

Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 3211 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3211 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 3211 about?

TX HB 3211 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to vision care benefits, including participation of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists in vision care or managed care plans.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3211?

Dean, Gerdes, Harless and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3211, joined by 29 cosponsors.

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deanprimary
  • Gerdesprimary
  • Harlessprimary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Phelanprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Buckleycosponsor
  • Bucycosponsor
  • Colliercosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Gámezcosponsor
  • Goodwincosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Littlecosponsor
  • Lopez, Raycosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • Manuelcosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Morales, Christinacosponsor
  • Orrcosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Plesacosponsor
  • Rodríguez Ramoscosponsor
  • Shaheencosponsor
  • Shofnercosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Ashbycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-20

    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

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  11. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  12. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  13. 2025-04-28

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-04-30

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-02

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-02

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  24. 2025-05-02

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-05

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-05-05

    Received from the House

    introduction

  28. 2025-05-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-05-06

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  34. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  35. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  36. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  38. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  40. 2025-05-20

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  41. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-20

    Vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-20

    Three day rule suspended

  44. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  46. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  47. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-21

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  49. 2025-05-21

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  50. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  51. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  52. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  53. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  54. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-01 · pass · 142-1

    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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Dorazio: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Kin: absent
    • Geren: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-02 · pass · 135-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • 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
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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
    • 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
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • McLaughlin: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3211 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-20 · pass · 31-0

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