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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to prices and fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities, including prices and fees charged during a declared state of disaster; providing administrative penalties."
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description: "Relating to prices and fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities, including prices and fees charged during a declared state of disaster; providing administrative penalties."
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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: "SB 2038"
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citation: "Texas SB 2038 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES (S0455)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Guillen", "Menéndez", "Oliverson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 71
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-12"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139db6f9-69ce-4a51-b0c7-6cf315ae9924"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2038.xml"
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source_hash: "81c1eff9050887ff24adbcd71e1882b5d84ce2f0a22d9385013768b3e6c09fc2"
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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 SB 2038 (87) — Relating to prices and fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities, including prices and fees charged during a declared state of disaster; providing administrative penalties.
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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/SB02038I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02038E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02038H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02038S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB02038F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **127–18** (pass) · lower
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- other — **127–14** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dean — primary (person)
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- Guillen — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — primary (person)
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-19** Record vote
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- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-19** Record vote
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- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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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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- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-27** Read
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- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
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- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** 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/139db6f9-69ce-4a51-b0c7-6cf315ae9924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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