---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
description: "Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "Texas SB 25 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Blanco", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Frank", "Gutierrez", "Hall", "Hernandez", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Johnson", "Kolkhorst", "Lucio", "Menéndez", "Metcalf", "Miles", "Nelson", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Powell", "Sanford", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml"
source_hash: "e66726645f9d90d4bf7bb3d3f0e892a4a641079108538408b52b123c38a1b747"
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 25 (87) — Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

## 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/SB00025I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-15** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-03-17** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-17** Record vote
- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-03-17** Record vote
- **2021-03-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-17** Record vote
- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Record vote
- **2021-03-17** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Human Services `referral-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`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** 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`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).