Bill Commons

TX SB 916

enacted

Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 916 pass?

Yes. TX SB 916 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 916 about?

TX SB 916 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 916?

Zaffirini, Spiller are the primary sponsors of TX SB 916, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-01-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Hancockcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-24

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-24

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-05

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-05

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-05

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-05

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-18

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-24

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-25

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-03-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-03-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  18. 2025-03-27

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-03-27

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-03-27

    Record vote

  21. 2025-03-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-03-27

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-03-27

    Record vote

  24. 2025-03-27

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-03-31

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Insurance

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-17

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-04-17

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  30. 2025-04-17

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-04-29

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-04-29

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading

  40. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  47. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  48. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  49. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  50. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  51. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  52. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    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 916 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-27 · pass · 30-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • King: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 142-0

    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
    • Bowers: 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
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Or: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 144-0

    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
    • 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
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: 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
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • 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
    • Reynolds: 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
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Virdel: absent

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