republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required disclosure of prices for certain items and services provided by certain medical facilities; providing administrative penalties."
description: "Relating to the required disclosure of prices for certain items and services provided by certain medical facilities; providing administrative penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1137"
citation: "Texas SB 1137 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Hospital (I0750)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Cortez", "Kolkhorst", "Noble", "Oliverson", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0174a0c-4b72-4eca-b6d9-adc1e470f17d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1137.xml"
source_hash: "457086cd7bd75d1a96c1e4003d101b2d0d62c741367fb5dd814f7d46f674472e"
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 1137 (87) — Relating to the required disclosure of prices for certain items and services provided by certain medical facilities; providing administrative penalties.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01137I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01137E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01137H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01137S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01137F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Cortez — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0174a0c-4b72-4eca-b6d9-adc1e470f17d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).