TX HB 4273
died on adjournmentRelating to fraud prevention and verifying eligibility for benefits under Medicaid.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
Quick answers
Did TX HB 4273 pass?
No. TX HB 4273 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-23): Returned from the House for further action
What is TX HB 4273 about?
TX HB 4273 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to fraud prevention and verifying eligibility for benefits under Medicaid.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 4273?
Oliverson, Kolkhorst are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4273, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-01
- Latest action
- 2025-05-23 — Returned from the House for further action
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Oliversonprimary
- Kolkhorstprimary
- Isaaccosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-10
Filed
filing
2025-04-01
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-01
Referred to Human Services
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-22
Left pending in committee
2025-04-25
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-25
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-29
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-29
Committee report distributed
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-02
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-05
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-05
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-05
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-06
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-06
Passed
passage
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-06
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-07
Referred to Health & Human Services
referral-committee
2025-05-13
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-13
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-13
Left pending in committee
2025-05-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-14
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-16
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-16
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-20
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-20
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-20
Passed
passage
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-21
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-21
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-21
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-23
Point of order sustained
2025-05-23
Returned to the Senate for further action
2025-05-23
Returned from the House for further action
Versions
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Votes
passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 143-0
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
- Buckley: 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, 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: 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
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: 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
- 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
- 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(C): not voting
- Orda: not voting
- Bryant: absent
- Bucy: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Ros: absent
passage
2025-05-20 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Zaffirini: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4273 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-20 · pass · 28-3
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 961
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