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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee."
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description: "Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee."
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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: "HB 138"
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citation: "Texas HB 138 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Legislature (I0520)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON (U0059)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Dean", "Gerdes", "Hull", "Leach", "Paul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 69
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4151538d-8517-46b0-b2fc-c578538c305c"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 138.xml"
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source_hash: "41353247fa5235053b9d7ab71449fec363f082d20fd39cffcd77a2f81c66467e"
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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 HB 138 (89R) — Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.
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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/HB00138I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00138E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00138H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00138S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00138F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **137–4** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **128–4** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 138 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **128–4** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **141–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bettencourt — primary (person)
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- Dean — primary (person)
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- Gerdes — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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- Barry — cosponsor (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Wharton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-10** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-03-19** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-04-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-30** Postponed
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- **2025-04-30** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-30** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Record vote
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- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-05** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2025-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `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/4151538d-8517-46b0-b2fc-c578538c305c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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