---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the renewal of a preauthorization for a medical or health care service."
description: "Relating to the renewal of a preauthorization for a medical or health care service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3041"
citation: "Texas HB 3041 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Kacal", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f664e0b6-0ffa-4eb0-866c-2e8b7c0f758f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3041.xml"
source_hash: "1426cd5c9d40de9628aef56ea6c65cdb9d30985ab12342e79d755b5cf1cf3116"
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 3041 (86) — Relating to the renewal of a preauthorization for a medical or health care service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03041I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **79–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Kacal — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f664e0b6-0ffa-4eb0-866c-2e8b7c0f758f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).