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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals."
+description: "Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1257"
+citation: "Texas SB 1257 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GENDER IDENTITY & EXPRESSION (S0767)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 64
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e6f2e2-7486-46a4-999e-639cff984a3f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1257.xml"
+source_hash: "558ff418bce315f27d4326a2faa78d86e99cc25af44a5164922a1dfe66ffd418"
+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 1257 (89R) — Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
+
+## 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/SB01257I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01257E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01257H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01257S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01257F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **82–37** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **87–58** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-02** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-23** Record vote
+- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-23** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-12** Record vote
+- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-24** 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/f8e6f2e2-7486-46a4-999e-639cff984a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+