republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-2516.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2516"
citation: "Texas HB 2516 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "MEDICARE (S6016)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Dean", "Guillen", "Johnson", "Schwertner", "Wharton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 80
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e563e92e-62c7-4cf5-8ed5-b356b38fd277"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2516.xml"
source_hash: "26e7a8423a07035ee7534b268b5647660c343eda36570d4b7633a47d1b7f4c18"
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 HB 2516 (89R) — Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02516I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02516E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02516H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02516S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02516F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **130–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2516 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Dean — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wharton — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e563e92e-62c7-4cf5-8ed5-b356b38fd277`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).