--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim." description: "Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "89R" identifier: "HB 4145" citation: "Texas HB 4145 (89R)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dyson", "Hughes"] version_count: 5 action_count: 49 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-03-10" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960ad262-3499-446c-a682-d1ea08145124" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4145.xml" source_hash: "aa6d4fa4d62b501dbdf433b037d21ad3c3ef5fc9a74fffb4899a227ccb5e4c77" 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 4145 (89R) — Relating to the timely billing of health care services related to a personal injury claim. ## 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/HB04145I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04145F.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **144–4** (pass) · lower - passage — **135–7** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dyson — primary (person) - Hughes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-10** Filed `filing` - **2025-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-03-27** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing - **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee - **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting - **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2025-04-11** Committee report distributed - **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars - **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar - **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment - **2025-04-28** Record vote - **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-29** Passed `passage` - **2025-04-29** Record vote - **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed - **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction` - **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing - **2025-05-19** Testimony taken in committee - **2025-05-19** Left pending in committee - **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing - **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee - **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar - **2025-05-25** 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` - **2025-05-30** 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/960ad262-3499-446c-a682-d1ea08145124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).