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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of certain health benefit plans."
description: "Relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of certain health benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1852"
citation: "Texas SB 1852 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Smithee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/772f5b99-62da-41d3-8d6f-06869dae6efd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1852.xml"
source_hash: "c71559fc396933570ca32564c3d47ecf6430b28e3e457294237fd1e105c154e1"
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 1852 (86) — Relating to disclosures required in connection with the issuance of certain health benefit plans.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01852I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1340** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/772f5b99-62da-41d3-8d6f-06869dae6efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).