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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 881: Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees.

In committee 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 881 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the issuance by the Texas Medical Board of certain licenses to practice medicine and the authority of an insured to select certain license holders under the insured's health policy; requiring an occupational license; authorizing fees. Primary sponsor: Kevin Sparks (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Co-author authorized.

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kevin SparksPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Carol AlvaradoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Charles PerryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“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. Co-author authorized
  2. Co-author authorized
  3. Co-author authorized
  4. Co-author authorized
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services
  6. Read first time
  7. Co-author authorized
  8. Filed
  9. Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Sources

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