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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the qualifications of experts in certain health care liability claims."
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description: "Relating to the qualifications of experts in certain health care liability claims."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "SB 2171"
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citation: "Texas SB 2171 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHIROPRACTIC & CHIROPRACTORS (S2679)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Malpractice--Professionals (I0525)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Davis"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-05-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/240f1232-e9c4-488d-8ae3-0c4cfb37aaec"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2171.xml"
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source_hash: "314b03f2854ce0a1dcf65b2dd95df3496b222f9b13105621fdfe6e4ecabf4c2d"
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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 2171 (88) — Relating to the qualifications of experts in certain health care liability claims.
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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/88R/billtext/html/SB02171I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02171E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02171H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02171S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02171F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2171 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-18** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-24** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-24** Record vote
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- **2023-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-24** Record vote
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- **2023-04-24** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-25** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-19** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/240f1232-e9c4-488d-8ae3-0c4cfb37aaec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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