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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency."
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description: "Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency."
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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 572"
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citation: "Texas SB 572 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "Religion (I0646)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Middleton", "Springer", "White"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 69
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-02"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ccf7bc-e6e4-41fb-a240-f0476486be7f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 572.xml"
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source_hash: "13a1ab28b313ce17bb1ca1d4426ad3df4d10126da3be767bdd6467a2cc252e89"
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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 572 (87) — Relating to in-person visitation of religious counselors with certain health care facility patients and residents during a public health emergency.
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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/SB00572I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00572F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cain — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Springer — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `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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- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent 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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- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-21** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-28** Left pending in 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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- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-05-19** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
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- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-25** Read
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- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-25** 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** Senate discharges conferees
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- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-29** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `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/92ccf7bc-e6e4-41fb-a240-f0476486be7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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