---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of telehealth services by certain health professionals licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation."
description: "Relating to the provision of telehealth services by certain health professionals licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Texas SB 40 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDIOLOGISTS (S2339)", "DYSLEXIA (S9807)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS (S1174)", "TELEMEDICINE (S0219)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46ee9d3-5928-48d8-aa3b-8e62bc0f4759"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 40.xml"
source_hash: "05eefdfca32c0c872ed9df2f0624b3aaf65dca0b25fde9554715dfc342a5453e"
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 40 (87) — Relating to the provision of telehealth services by certain health professionals licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

## 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/SB00040I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00040E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00040H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00040S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00040F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Seliger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-16** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-03** 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/f46ee9d3-5928-48d8-aa3b-8e62bc0f4759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).