republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-25.md

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Bill	Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.	Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	SB 25	Texas SB 25 (87)	bill	Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211) HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177) Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383) Nursing Homes (I0539)	enacted	Bettencourt Birdwell Blanco Buckingham Campbell Creighton Frank Gutierrez Hall Hernandez Hinojosa Huffman Hughes Johnson Kolkhorst Lucio Menéndez Metcalf Miles Nelson Nichols Paxton Perry Powell Sanford Schwertner Seliger Springer Zaffirini	5	69	7	2021-03-03	2021-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml	e66726645f9d90d4bf7bb3d3f0e892a4a641079108538408b52b123c38a1b747	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 25 (87) — Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• passage — 144–0 (pass) · lower
• passage — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• passage — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Bettencourt — primary (person)
• Birdwell — primary (person)
• Blanco — primary (person)
• Buckingham — primary (person)
• Campbell — primary (person)
• Creighton — primary (person)
• Frank — primary (person)
• Gutierrez — primary (person)
• Hall — primary (person)
• Hernandez — primary (person)
• Hinojosa — primary (person)
• Huffman — primary (person)
• Hughes — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Kolkhorst — primary (person)
• Lucio — primary (person)
• Menéndez — primary (person)
• Metcalf — primary (person)
• Miles — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Nichols — primary (person)
• Paxton — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Powell — primary (person)
• Sanford — primary (person)
• Schwertner — primary (person)
• Seliger — primary (person)
• Springer — primary (person)
• Zaffirini — primary (person)
• Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
• Ashby — cosponsor (person)
• Cain — cosponsor (person)
• Cook — cosponsor (person)
• Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
• Middleton — cosponsor (person)
• Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
• Noble — cosponsor (person)
• Shine — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Vasut — cosponsor (person)
• West — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-03 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2021-03-03 Filed filing
• 2021-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-03-10 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-03-10 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-03-15 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-15 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-03-16 Placed on intent calendar
• 2021-03-15 Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
• 2021-03-17 Co-author authorized
• 2021-03-17 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 2021-03-17 Record vote
• 2021-03-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-17 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-03-17 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-17 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-03-17 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-17 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-03-17 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-17 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-03-17 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-03-17 Passed to engrossment as amended
• 2021-03-17 Record vote
• 2021-03-17 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-03-17 Record vote
• 2021-03-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-17 Passed passage
• 2021-03-17 Record vote
• 2021-03-17 Reported engrossed
• 2021-03-18 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2021-03-29 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-29 Referred to Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-20 Committee substitute considered in committee
• 2021-04-20 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-27 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-27 Vote reconsidered in committee
• 2021-04-27 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-30 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-04-30 Committee report distributed
• 2021-04-30 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-05-20 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-05-23 Placed on Major State Calendar
• 2021-05-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-23 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-23 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
• 2021-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-24 Passed passage
• 2021-05-24 Record vote
• 2021-05-24 House passage as amended reported
• 2021-05-28 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
• 2021-05-28 Read
• 2021-05-28 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 Record vote
• 2021-05-28 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
• 2021-05-29 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
• 2021-06-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-14 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).