---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers."
description: "Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3233"
citation: "Texas HB 3233 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION (S0596)", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (S0648)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a919a0c-1cc7-4d7c-9396-836dd54327ad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3233.xml"
source_hash: "c6bd577336102cc302b1b317b526132c4a4cc1ace8e834a678e8e7129005a6cb"
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 HB 3233 (89R) — Relating to patient data maintained by pharmacy benefit managers.

## 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/HB03233I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03233E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03233H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03233S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03233F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/5a919a0c-1cc7-4d7c-9396-836dd54327ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).