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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the right of state hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation."
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description: "Relating to the right of state hospital patients 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: "88"
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identifier: "SB 52"
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citation: "Texas SB 52 (88)"
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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)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)", "PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION (S0596)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-11-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e65e196d-e680-4c05-a800-33ef33a3d98b"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 52.xml"
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source_hash: "9d63619240275c87823c6420fd1f3f83013b4e98fdedc814ef5a5f729ac912d2"
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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 52 (88) — Relating to the right of state hospital patients 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00052I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00052E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00052H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00052S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00052F.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 52 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Miles — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-27** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-05** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-06** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-06** Record vote
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- **2023-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-06** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Record vote
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- **2023-04-06** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-05-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-16** 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 reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** 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** 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/e65e196d-e680-4c05-a800-33ef33a3d98b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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