---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to service of expert reports for health care liability claims."
description: "Relating to service of expert reports for health care liability claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Texas SB 232 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42798a9-9364-4be3-82d8-c4ca89ee52fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 232.xml"
source_hash: "fc6ec18f4eed64f81aa96cbc91f17727ebf94fe1c4fc8293dd5c760befc2bed0"
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 232 (87) — Relating to service of expert reports for health care liability claims.

## 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/SB00232I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00232E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00232H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00232S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00232F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **83–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-13** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-04-14** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-30** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-05-30** 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/f42798a9-9364-4be3-82d8-c4ca89ee52fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).