---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prompt payment deadlines for health benefit plan claims affected by a catastrophic event."
description: "Relating to prompt payment deadlines for health benefit plan claims affected by a catastrophic event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Texas SB 1286 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (S0853)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Ann", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7acfed39-91dc-4e7a-aa7e-9926f62a0ce9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1286.xml"
source_hash: "d2232352e58b6a01067dc895cad60a6187258902368991a63b3b4f5dc96be6f8"
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 1286 (88) — Relating to prompt payment deadlines for health benefit plan claims affected by a catastrophic event.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01286I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01286E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01286H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01286S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01286F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Record vote
- **2023-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7acfed39-91dc-4e7a-aa7e-9926f62a0ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).