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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care."
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description: "Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 1941"
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citation: "Texas HB 1941 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES (S0455)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Martinez Fischer", "Metcalf", "Phelan", "Raymond", "Watson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-02-19"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882c26c6-60d3-418e-8c8b-e379aa05e506"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1941.xml"
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source_hash: "91086d394739a6113dae0e3d8864a00debc952496216286492316a0ca4049bac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 1941 (86) — Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01941I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **141–1** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Canales — primary (person)
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- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Phelan — primary (person)
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- Raymond — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-05** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-08** Record vote
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- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-21** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** Record vote
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- **2019-05-24** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882c26c6-60d3-418e-8c8b-e379aa05e506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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