---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to review rates and rate changes for certain health benefit plans."
description: "Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to review rates and rate changes for certain health benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Texas SB 1296 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE RATES (S0525)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d20f44-3ea0-4362-be49-57aa42ef96d8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1296.xml"
source_hash: "de1cfbc40885202ea587792c202d49a135009e7b58fd6caeb7195173d58317fb"
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 1296 (87) — Relating to the authority of the commissioner of insurance to review rates and rate changes 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/SB01296I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01296E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01296H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01296S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01296F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/99d20f44-3ea0-4362-be49-57aa42ef96d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).