Bill Commons

TX SB 2043

died on adjournment

Relating to prohibited retaliation against a physician or health care provider for reporting certain violations or taking certain actions with respect to the provision of health care services; providing a civil remedy.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2043 pass?

No. TX SB 2043 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 (2025-05-16): Referred to Public Health

What is TX SB 2043 about?

TX SB 2043 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to prohibited retaliation against a physician or health care provider for reporting certain violations or taking certain actions with respect to the provision of health care services; providing a civil remedy.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2043?

Hughes is the primary sponsor of TX SB 2043, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-07
Latest action
2025-05-16 — Referred to Public Health
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-05-15

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  4. 2025-05-15

    Reported engrossed

  5. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  6. 2025-05-15

    Passed

    passage

  7. 2025-05-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  8. 2025-05-15

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  12. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-14

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-05-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  16. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-30

    Vote taken in committee

  18. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-04-29

    Co-author authorized

  20. 2025-04-07

    Co-author authorized

  21. 2025-04-03

    Left pending in committee

  22. 2025-04-03

    Testimony taken in committee

  23. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-04-03

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-03-17

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-03-07

    Filed

    filing

  28. 2025-03-07

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. 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
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-15 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. 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
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2043.xml

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