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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 2516: Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans.

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 2516 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals younger than 65 years of age to purchase Medicare supplement benefit plans. Primary sponsor: Ryan Guillen (Republican), Jay Dean (Republican), Trey Wharton (Republican), Johnson, Brad Buckley (Republican), Charles Schwertner (Republican). It lists 13 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 12 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Jay DeanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Trey WhartonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse12
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brad BuckleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Charles SchwertnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Liz CamposCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Trey Martinez FischerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse116
Josey GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse124
Jessica GonzálezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Venton JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Suleman LalaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Ray LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse125
Eddie MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Richard RaymondCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Judith ZaffiriniCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21

“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 adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  9. Record vote
  10. Senate adopts conference committee report
  11. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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