---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and utilization review for certain health benefit plans."
description: "Relating to preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and utilization review for certain health benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3459"
citation: "Texas HB 3459 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (S0853)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Buckingham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f9a853-724c-4879-9fd9-d3cdf33c348c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03400_HB03499/HB 3459.xml"
source_hash: "efac5b34d84d1462997f6fd1289960fc2e2270b7b79616f17f61d96e1e7a0e4e"
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 3459 (87) — Relating to preauthorization requirements for certain health care services and utilization review for certain health benefit plans.

## 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/HB03459I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03459E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03459H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03459S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03459F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f9a853-724c-4879-9fd9-d3cdf33c348c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).