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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers."
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description: "Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers."
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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 2476"
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citation: "Texas SB 2476 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AMBULANCES (S0527)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (S0853)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MANAGED CARE (S0454)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Oliverson", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 65
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-03-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a599b7f2-474f-42e6-9b74-f2a1d541858e"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2476.xml"
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source_hash: "c5f3e779f22e950d7173959892ec3022b29b8a963be18751c8c8cf0677970198"
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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 2476 (88) — Relating to consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by emergency medical services providers.
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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/SB02476I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02476E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02476H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02476S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02476F.HTM)
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## Votes
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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 CSSB 2476 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Oliverson — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Hancock — 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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- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-20** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-02** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Record vote
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- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-02** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-06** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-08** Posting rule suspended
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- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-11** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2023-05-25** Read
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- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-25** Record vote
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- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** See remarks for effective date
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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/a599b7f2-474f-42e6-9b74-f2a1d541858e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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