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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the authority of a health benefit plan sponsor to consent to electronic delivery of certain communications on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan."
+description: "Relating to the authority of a health benefit plan sponsor to consent to electronic delivery of certain communications on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 2124"
+citation: "Texas SB 2124 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Lucio III"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ee6a372-e6f8-4f86-a76b-392ef74b027c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2124.xml"
+source_hash: "c2bb1ac95d81d98255387403145cd1a15c50019387e89a21d26f61ffbcd4dfcc"
+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 2124 (87) — Relating to the authority of a health benefit plan sponsor to consent to electronic delivery of certain communications on behalf of a party enrolled in the plan.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02124I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02124E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02124H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02124S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02124F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-27** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ee6a372-e6f8-4f86-a76b-392ef74b027c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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