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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses."
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description: "Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 984"
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citation: "Texas SB 984 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES (S0455)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "PATIENT RIGHTS & PROTECTION (S0596)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "King"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9437779-71aa-431a-a89b-cbcb8a4bff25"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 984.xml"
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source_hash: "b4117f0e6c562b71b6f6dbcb9c0f1e5cbc94b81f5fbd4c75d0775f1212660472"
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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 984 (89R) — Relating to access to individualized investigational treatments for patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illnesses.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00984I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00984F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- King — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-26** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-06** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-06** Corrected comm. report distributed
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- **2025-05-06** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-14** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-19** Record vote
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- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/e9437779-71aa-431a-a89b-cbcb8a4bff25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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