republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-331.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty."
description: "Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Texas SB 331 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTHING CENTERS (S0328)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES (S0455)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 81
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733310dc-d0d7-479f-b9a8-7b1c02cf4f81"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 331.xml"
source_hash: "f491193ba53a16828178b212471eb572561c2c4af0e06a2225f210731ed1d798"
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 331 (89R) — Relating to the disclosure of health care cost information by certain health care facilities; imposing an administrative penalty.

## 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/SB00331I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00331E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00331H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00331S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00331F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 331 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **110–11** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-22** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Record vote
- **2025-04-22** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-05-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **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/733310dc-d0d7-479f-b9a8-7b1c02cf4f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).