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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse."
+description: "Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1238"
+citation: "Texas SB 1238 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hopper", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Morgan", "Pierson", "Wharton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cdfffe-6c41-4ca2-bfbe-db83d8ae10ff"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1238.xml"
+source_hash: "bc8556c30bdbb66591a2d6de54f221b0a5a772be0b8d0b319be688a29a64f32b"
+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 1238 (89R) — Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse.
+
+## 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/SB01238I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **120–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Hopper — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- Pierson — primary (person)
+- Wharton — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
+- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-02** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
+- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-02** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
+- **2025-05-02** Record vote
+- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-05** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-07** Read
+- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-20** 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/61cdfffe-6c41-4ca2-bfbe-db83d8ae10ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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