Bill Commons

TX SB 815

enacted

Relating to the use of certain automated systems in, and certain adverse determinations made in connection with, the health benefit claims process.

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

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did TX SB 815 pass?

Yes. TX SB 815 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 815 about?

TX SB 815 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the use of certain automated systems in, and certain adverse determinations made in connection with, the health benefit claims process.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 815?

Schwertner, Spiller are the primary sponsors of TX SB 815, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Blancocosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-24

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  13. 2025-05-24

    Rules suspended

  14. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  17. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-05-23

    Placed on General State Calendar

  19. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  20. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  21. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  22. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  23. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  25. 2025-04-23

    Left pending in committee

  26. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  27. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-03-27

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-03-26

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  33. 2025-03-26

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-03-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  36. 2025-03-26

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  38. 2025-03-26

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-03-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-03-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-03-26

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  42. 2025-03-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-03-26

    Record vote

  44. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  45. 2025-03-26

    Co-author authorized

  46. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  47. 2025-03-20

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  48. 2025-03-18

    Placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-03-13

    Committee report printed and distributed

  50. 2025-03-13

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  51. 2025-03-11

    Vote taken in committee

  52. 2025-03-11

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-03-06

    Co-author authorized

  54. 2025-02-27

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-02-27

    Testimony taken in committee

  56. 2025-02-27

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-02-27

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  59. 2025-02-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  60. 2025-01-16

    Filed

    filing

  61. 2025-01-16

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-03-26 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-03-26 · pass · 25-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Bettencourt: no
    • Creighton: no
    • Hancock: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Perry: no
    • Miles: not voting

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 815 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-26 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: not voting

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 127-4

    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
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: 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
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: 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
    • 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
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: 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
    • Gates: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Slawso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Teppe: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Cain: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Rosenthal: absent
    • Schatzline: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 116-13

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

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 815.xml

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:33:51.767464Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TX&identifier=SB 815. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.