---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans."
description: "Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Texas SB 861 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EYECARE & VISION (S0053)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6b6954e-3186-43ea-8ceb-9602ede9613a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 861.xml"
source_hash: "73356e98c88582fb571cae31997c90c27dc02a2a3c97a34ac229c1599d88e1b5"
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 861 (88) — Relating to coordination of vision and eye care benefits under certain health benefit plans and vision benefit plans.

## 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/SB00861I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00861F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **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
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-13** 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/e6b6954e-3186-43ea-8ceb-9602ede9613a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).