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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
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description: "Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
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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 25"
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citation: "Texas SB 25 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 69
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-03-03"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 25.xml"
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source_hash: "e66726645f9d90d4bf7bb3d3f0e892a4a641079108538408b52b123c38a1b747"
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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 25 (87) — Relating to the right of certain residents to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.
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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/SB00025I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00025F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Birdwell — primary (person)
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- Blanco — primary (person)
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- Buckingham — primary (person)
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- Campbell — primary (person)
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- Creighton — primary (person)
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- Gutierrez — primary (person)
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- Hall — primary (person)
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- Hernandez — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Lucio — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Miles — primary (person)
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- Nelson — primary (person)
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- Nichols — primary (person)
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- Paxton — primary (person)
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- Perry — primary (person)
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- Powell — primary (person)
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- Sanford — primary (person)
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- Schwertner — primary (person)
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- Seliger — primary (person)
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — 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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- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-03-16** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-03-15** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
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- **2021-03-17** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-03-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-03-17** Record vote
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- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-03-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-03-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-03-17** Record vote
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- **2021-03-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-03-17** Record vote
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- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-17** Record vote
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- **2021-03-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-27** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-23** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Record vote
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- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Read
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-14** 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/3ecd4dbc-e045-45e8-84a6-34e8641a9ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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