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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse."
description: "Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1238"
citation: "Texas SB 1238 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hopper", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Morgan", "Pierson", "Wharton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cdfffe-6c41-4ca2-bfbe-db83d8ae10ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1238.xml"
source_hash: "bc8556c30bdbb66591a2d6de54f221b0a5a772be0b8d0b319be688a29a64f32b"
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 1238 (89R) — Relating to prohibited insurance discrimination on the basis of an insured's marital status following the death of the insured's spouse.
## 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/SB01238I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01238F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **120–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hopper — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pierson — primary (person)
- Wharton — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Gámez — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-01** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-02** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-02** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-02** Record vote
- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-05** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61cdfffe-6c41-4ca2-bfbe-db83d8ae10ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).