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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services."
+description: "Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1588"
+citation: "Texas SB 1588 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Morales, Eddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-03"
+last_action: "2023-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a49268d-c49f-42c3-9a15-bc2ab7661fb0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1588.xml"
+source_hash: "f29b7b650f84437248a7db9582554ccd8528e355ccfbae876cfe23c0a2c0bab7"
+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 1588 (88) — Relating to variances from Department of State Health Services rules governing the provision of emergency medical services.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01588I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01588E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01588H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01588S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01588F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **125–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
+- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-19** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a49268d-c49f-42c3-9a15-bc2ab7661fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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