---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited practices by a life insurance company relating to an individual's prescription for or obtainment of an opioid antagonist."
description: "Relating to prohibited practices by a life insurance company relating to an individual's prescription for or obtainment of an opioid antagonist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "Texas SB 437 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Insurance--Life & Annuities (I0423)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Nelson", "Price", "Rose", "Sheffield", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faca0a09-54cb-40ee-b998-debfedf30774"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 437.xml"
source_hash: "f864319231b24e730707f1e5817f41d7bd3e88e0edb2b3f511c6b78d8cca3f79"
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 437 (86) — Relating to prohibited practices by a life insurance company relating to an individual's prescription for or obtainment of an opioid antagonist.

## 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/SB00437I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **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/faca0a09-54cb-40ee-b998-debfedf30774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).