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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 138: Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 138 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee. Primary sponsor: Jay Dean (Republican), Dennis Paul (Republican), Stan Gerdes (Republican), Lacey Hull (Republican), Jeff Leach (Republican), Paul Bettencourt (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective immediately.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jay DeanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Dennis PaulPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse129
Stan GerdesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Lacey HullPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Jeff LeachPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Paul BettencourtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Jeff BarryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
HancockCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Trey WhartonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective immediately
  2. Filed without the Governor's signature
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  9. Record vote
  10. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  11. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  12. Senate Amendments distributed

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source