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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disclosure of certain prescription drug information by a health benefit plan."
description: "Relating to the disclosure of certain prescription drug information by a health benefit plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "Texas SB 622 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parker", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae2c4a89-cb46-4f07-890f-18d829120bd9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 622.xml"
source_hash: "886adcbf098d32d2f690f2e1b7af53870500b7c6a96bfcc6a5bb88ca3452cbf0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 622 (88) — Relating to the disclosure of certain prescription drug information by a health benefit plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00622I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00622E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00622H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00622S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00622F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1337** (pass) · lower
- passage — **301** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1336** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Parker — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-18** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-16** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-16** Read
- **2023-05-16** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-29** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae2c4a89-cb46-4f07-890f-18d829120bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).