republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-969.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reporting procedures for and information concerning public health disasters and to certain public health studies; providing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to reporting procedures for and information concerning public health disasters and to certain public health studies; providing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 969"
citation: "Texas SB 969 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "OFFICE OF CHIEF STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST (VS8DY)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e6729d-a347-419b-80fb-2ebe020c0f4f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 969.xml"
source_hash: "11d0806509bb6ba26cdb1209cce1d4b6c4cd798204ef91d241754e13d0eb56a0"
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 969 (87) — Relating to reporting procedures for and information concerning public health disasters and to certain public health studies; providing a civil 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00969I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00969E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00969H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00969S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00969F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate discharges conferees-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e6729d-a347-419b-80fb-2ebe020c0f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).