---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by a certain hospital district."
description: "Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by a certain hospital district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 699"
citation: "Texas SB 699 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals (I0400)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckhardt", "Hinojosa", "Howard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7759284-8cee-4343-bef6-2b95e14a4ae7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 699.xml"
source_hash: "a67d10322cb3b87cdaccb2f7e8ad0f0b09fa96f7aa45c1f0292b6846571aaf32"
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 699 (88) — Relating to the continuation of a health care provider participation program by a certain hospital district.

## 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/SB00699I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00699E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00699H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00699S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00699F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **82–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckhardt — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-25** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **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/e7759284-8cee-4343-bef6-2b95e14a4ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).