Bill Commons

TX HB 4454

enacted

Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 4454 pass?

Yes. TX HB 4454 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 4454 about?

TX HB 4454 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to solicitation of patients and other prohibited marketing practices, the establishment of the task force on patient solicitation, and the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4454?

Vo, Johnson are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4454.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Voprimary
  • Johnsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-27

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-05-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  18. 2025-05-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  21. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-21

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-05-21

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-21

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-05-19

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-30

    Received from the House

    introduction

  28. 2025-04-30

    Reported engrossed

  29. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  31. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-29

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-04-29

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-25

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  41. 2025-04-25

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  42. 2025-04-24

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  43. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

  44. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  45. 2025-04-17

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-04-17

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

    referral-committee

  47. 2025-04-17

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  48. 2025-04-17

    Considered in formal meeting

  49. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-04-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  52. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2025-03-11

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 127-20

    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
    • 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
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: 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
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: 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
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: 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
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: 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
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 101-34

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: 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
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cook: no
    • Harris: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Davis: not voting
    • A: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • V: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Kitzman: absent
    • Orr: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4454 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: 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
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04400_HB04499/HB 4454.xml

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