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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers."
+description: "Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1264"
+citation: "Texas SB 1264 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (S0853)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Hancock", "Lucio III", "Martinez Fischer", "Oliverson", "Zerwas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 85
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2019-02-28"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f1d436a-927b-49dd-a824-c3053caf9671"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1264.xml"
+source_hash: "e46a7bc9cb7e2649eeb2ab0622f28d76abafd51c8e7c6724c4e7fa863a796a69"
+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 SB 1264 (86) — Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network providers.
+
+## 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/SB01264I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **8–23** (fail) · upper
+- other — **8–23** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Zerwas — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Moody — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Nevárez — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Vo — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-23** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Recommitted to committee
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2019-05-20** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Read
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** 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/8f1d436a-927b-49dd-a824-c3053caf9671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+