---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses."
description: "Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 984"
citation: "Texas SB 984 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES (S0455)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION (S0596)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9437779-71aa-431a-a89b-cbcb8a4bff25"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 984.xml"
source_hash: "b4117f0e6c562b71b6f6dbcb9c0f1e5cbc94b81f5fbd4c75d0775f1212660472"
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 984 (89R) — Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00984I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9437779-71aa-431a-a89b-cbcb8a4bff25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).