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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 527: Relating to health benefit coverage for general anesthesia in connection with certain pediatric dental services.

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

SB 527 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on December 5, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to health benefit coverage for general anesthesia in connection with certain pediatric dental services. Primary sponsor: Charles Schwertner (Republican), Tom Oliverson (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

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 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Charles SchwertnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Tom OliversonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse130
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
José MenéndezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26

“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 on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the House
  5. Signed in the Senate
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House passage reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed
  10. Read 3rd time
  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