Bill Commons

TX SB 1257

enacted

Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1257 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1257 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1257 about?

TX SB 1257 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1257?

Hughes, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1257, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-13
Latest action
2025-05-24 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-12

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-12

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-10

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-10

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  16. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  18. 2025-05-10

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  19. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  21. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  23. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  25. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  28. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  29. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

  30. 2025-05-10

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  31. 2025-05-10

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  32. 2025-05-10

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  33. 2025-05-10

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  34. 2025-05-09

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-09

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  36. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  38. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  39. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  40. 2025-04-25

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  41. 2025-04-24

    Reported engrossed

  42. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  43. 2025-04-24

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-04-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-04-24

    Record vote

  46. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  47. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  48. 2025-04-23

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  49. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  50. 2025-04-23

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  51. 2025-04-22

    Placed on intent calendar

  52. 2025-04-09

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  54. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  55. 2025-04-02

    Vote taken in committee

  56. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  58. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken in committee

  59. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  60. 2025-03-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  61. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  62. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  63. 2025-02-13

    Filed

    filing

  64. 2025-02-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-04-24 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-10 · pass · 82-37

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Raymond: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Goodwin: absent
    • Hefner: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hickland: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Muñoz: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 87-58

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris(C): yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Raymond: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Guerra: absent

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1257.xml

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