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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing."
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description: "Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing."
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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 989"
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citation: "Texas SB 989 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Human Services--Medical Assistance (I0905)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "MEDICARE (S6016)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Huffman", "Johnson, Ann", "Kacal", "King, Ken", "Rose"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c371b7f6-f14f-4ace-8826-efd4a1f54ee1"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 989.xml"
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source_hash: "8276eef63a5af3337258512ca49878b868e38b8c309867714b12c969e31f509a"
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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 989 (88) — Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain biomarker testing.
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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/SB00989I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00989E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00989H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00989S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00989F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **26–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **114–24** (pass) · lower
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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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 989 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **26–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
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- Kacal — primary (person)
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- King, Ken — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
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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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- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-04-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-14** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-27** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-29** 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/c371b7f6-f14f-4ace-8826-efd4a1f54ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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