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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim."
+description: "Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 4145"
+citation: "Texas HB 4145 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dyson", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960ad262-3499-446c-a682-d1ea08145124"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4145.xml"
+source_hash: "aa6d4fa4d62b501dbdf433b037d21ad3c3ef5fc9a74fffb4899a227ccb5e4c77"
+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 4145 (89R) — Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB04145I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–4** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **135–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dyson — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-28** Record vote
+- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Record vote
+- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/960ad262-3499-446c-a682-d1ea08145124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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