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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster."
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description: "Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2211"
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citation: "Texas HB 2211 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Klick", "Metcalf", "Moody", "Oliverson", "Perry"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14a2ae20-1533-422b-bb52-bf6238574585"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2211.xml"
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source_hash: "1f6f4315c07075ae1ef9a4c146e0f04321d5bcb346fcdbe8409dbd7fa86eea2e"
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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 2211 (87) — Relating to in-person visitation with hospital patients during certain periods of disaster.
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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/87R/billtext/html/HB02211I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02211E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02211H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02211S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02211F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **143–1** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Klick — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Moody — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
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- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-15** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-07** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2021-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-15** Record vote
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- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-16** Record vote
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- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-25** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/14a2ae20-1533-422b-bb52-bf6238574585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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