---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators."
description: "Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "Texas HB 721 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Wilson", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961b2d4f-f0df-412e-bdee-9da143e29b7e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 721.xml"
source_hash: "552469d6f4a3c31bb4f55c98c5986cc174ce8063ded3252577ec537b06096bda"
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 721 (89R) — Relating to the applicability of certain laws requiring health care cost disclosures by health benefit plan issuers and administrators.

## 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/HB00721I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00721E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00721H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00721S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00721F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–16** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-09** 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
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/961b2d4f-f0df-412e-bdee-9da143e29b7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).