---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefit review conferences under the Texas workers' compensation system."
description: "Relating to benefit review conferences under the Texas workers' compensation system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1752"
citation: "Texas HB 1752 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oliverson", "Schwertner", "Thierry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379afe1a-04df-4220-8732-b5d244c44426"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1752.xml"
source_hash: "6d21fcd870d190245ccb16283637f4d9e03cbde5d7af42b3bc478474d1634060"
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 1752 (87) — Relating to benefit review conferences under the Texas workers' compensation system.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01752I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01752E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01752H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01752S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01752F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Thierry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-28** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/379afe1a-04df-4220-8732-b5d244c44426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).