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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services."
+description: "Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2486"
+citation: "Texas HB 2486 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "DENTAL SERVICES (S8594)", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Goldman", "Huberty", "Oliverson", "Paddie", "Schwertner"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-26"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87786fd2-a563-4dd3-86c7-5b60fd5f8178"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2486.xml"
+source_hash: "9f8c67901eb2c2076622e02f255f1738f2bc362bd235de57e6f5058728528221"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2486 (86) — Relating to certain required disclosures and prohibited practices of certain employee benefit plans and health insurance policies that provide benefits for dental care services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02486I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **139–1** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **129–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Huberty — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Paddie — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Record vote
+- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-29** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87786fd2-a563-4dd3-86c7-5b60fd5f8178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+