THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
TX SB1257 (2025)
Relating to required health benefit plan coverage for gender transition adverse effects and reversals.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Session
- 89th Legislature Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Signed by the Governor
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Feb 13, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (Apr 7, 2025)(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Apr 24, 2025)(opens another site)
- Comm Sub text (May 9, 2025)(opens another site)
- Enrolled text (May 12, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Received by the Secretary of the Senate | |
| Senate | Filed | |
| Senate | Read first time | |
| Senate | Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Senate | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Testimony taken in committee | |
| Senate | Left pending in committee | |
| Senate | Considered in public hearing | |
| Senate | Vote taken in committee | |
| Senate | Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Senate | Committee report printed and distributed | |
| Senate | Co-author authorized | |
| Senate | Placed on intent calendar | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Read 3rd time | |
| Senate | Passed | |
| Senate | Record vote | |
| Senate | Reported engrossed | |
| House | Received from the Senate | |
| House | Read first time | |
| House | Referred to Insurance | |
| House | Considered in formal meeting | |
| House | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | |
| House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | |
| House | Committee report distributed | |
| House | Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| House | Laid out in lieu of companion HB 778 | |
| House | Read 2nd time | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 1-V. Jones | |
| House | Record vote RV#2093 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 2-Collier | |
| House | Record vote RV#2094 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 3-Hinojosa | |
| House | Record vote RV#2095 | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 4-Howard | |
| House | Record vote RV#2096 | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 5-J. González | |
| House | Record vote RV#2097 | |
| House | Point of order withdrawn Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1) | |
| House | Amendment fails of adoption 6-V. Jones | |
| House | Record vote RV#2098 | |
| House | Amendment withdrawn 7-Rosenthal | |
| House | Passed to 3rd reading | |
| House | Record vote RV#2099 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| House | Read 3rd time | |
| House | Passed | |
| House | Record vote RV#2153 | |
| House | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | |
| Senate | House passage reported | |
| Senate | Reported enrolled | |
| Senate | Signed in the Senate | |
| House | Signed in the House | |
| Sent to the Governor | ||
| Signed by the Governor | ||
| Effective on 9/1/25 |
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