---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency."
description: "Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Texas SB 572 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "Religion (I0646)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Middleton", "Springer", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ccf7bc-e6e4-41fb-a240-f0476486be7f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 572.xml"
source_hash: "13a1ab28b313ce17bb1ca1d4426ad3df4d10126da3be767bdd6467a2cc252e89"
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 572 (87) — Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency.

## 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/SB00572I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent 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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-19** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate discharges conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** 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`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/92ccf7bc-e6e4-41fb-a240-f0476486be7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).