republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-833.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking."
description: "Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 833"
citation: "Texas SB 833 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE RATES (S0525)", "Insurance--General (I0445)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Cody", "King", "Oliverson", "Paul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48bd99d7-2ca2-4711-8cfa-aeb670999f4d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 833.xml"
source_hash: "fdbfc62730891fbf0f9cb04f228c1b32952d905db466624ffb5bc8e57690cd87"
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 833 (88) — Relating to consideration by insurers of certain prohibited criteria for ratemaking.

## 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/SB00833I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00833E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00833H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00833S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00833F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **86–58** (pass) · lower
- passage — **86–54** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-03** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-12** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Point of order overruled
- **2023-05-23** Motion for the previous question
- **2023-05-23** Motion prevails
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/48bd99d7-2ca2-4711-8cfa-aeb670999f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).