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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans."
+description: "Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 861"
+citation: "Texas SB 861 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EYECARE & VISION (S0053)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-13"
+last_action: "2023-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6b6954e-3186-43ea-8ceb-9602ede9613a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 861.xml"
+source_hash: "73356e98c88582fb571cae31997c90c27dc02a2a3c97a34ac229c1599d88e1b5"
+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 861 (88) — Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans.
+
+## 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/SB00861I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buckley — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Orr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-24** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-27** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-01** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-13** 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/e6b6954e-3186-43ea-8ceb-9602ede9613a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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