TX SB 842
enactedRelating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 842 pass?
Yes. TX SB 842 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-24. Latest recorded action (2025-05-24): Effective immediately
What is TX SB 842 about?
TX SB 842 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to immunity for ringside physicians assigned to combative sports events.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 842?
Schwertner, Phelan are the primary sponsors of TX SB 842, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-17
- Latest action
- 2025-05-24 — Effective immediately
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Schwertnerprimary
- Phelanprimary
- Westcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-17
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-01-17
Filed
filing
2025-02-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-13
Referred to Business & Commerce
referral-committee
2025-02-18
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-18
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-18
Testimony taken in committee
2025-02-18
Left pending in committee
2025-02-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-27
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-04
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-04
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-03-04
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-12
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-13
Not again placed on intent calendar
2025-03-18
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-19
Co-author authorized
2025-03-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-19
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-19
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-19
Passed
passage
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Reported engrossed
2025-03-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-09
Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
referral-committee
2025-04-29
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-29
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-07
Committee report distributed
2025-05-08
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-10
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-05-10
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-10
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-10
Record vote
2025-05-12
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-12
Passed
passage
2025-05-12
Record vote
2025-05-12
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-12
House passage reported
passage
2025-05-12
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-13
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-13
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-13
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-24
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-24
Effective immediately
became-law
Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 842 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-19 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-05-10 · pass · 127-0
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: 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
- 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
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: 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
- 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
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: 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
- Vo: absent
- Zwiener: absent
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Hunter: absent
- Money: absent
- Reynold: absent
passage
2025-05-12 · pass · 141-1
Member-level votes (153)
- 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
- 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, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: 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
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: 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
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: 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
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: 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
- Meza: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Flores: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Simmon: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Leach: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 5506
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