Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage
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Officially: “Relating to allowing Medicaid managed care organizations to engage in marketing about the availability of certain private health benefit plan coverage.” Read the full text
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Jan 29, 2025
Filed · Jan 29, 2025
Read first time · Feb 13, 2025
Referred to Health & Human Services · Feb 13, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Mar 12, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 12, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · Mar 12, 2025
Left pending in committee · Mar 12, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 26, 2025
Vote taken in committee · Mar 26, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Mar 31, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · Mar 31, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · Mar 31, 2025
Co-author authorized · Apr 10, 2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar · Apr 10, 2025
Laid before the Senate · Apr 10, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · Apr 10, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · Apr 10, 2025
Three day rule suspended · Apr 10, 2025
Record vote · Apr 10, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 10, 2025
Passed · Apr 10, 2025
Record vote · Apr 10, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 10, 2025
Received from the Senate · Apr 14, 2025
Read first time · Apr 17, 2025
Referred to Human Services · Apr 17, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · Apr 25, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · Apr 25, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · Apr 25, 2025
Committee report distributed · Apr 28, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · Apr 28, 2025
Laid out in lieu of companion · Apr 28, 2025
Read 2nd time · Apr 28, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading · Apr 28, 2025
Record vote · Apr 28, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 28, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 29, 2025
Amended · Apr 29, 2025
Passed as amended · Apr 29, 2025
Record vote · Apr 29, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 29, 2025
House passage as amended reported · Apr 29, 2025
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate · May 21, 2025
Read · May 21, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s) · May 21, 2025
Record vote · May 21, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported · May 21, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 22, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 22, 2025
Signed in the House · May 22, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 22, 2025
Filed without the Governor's signature · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
3
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
SB 963, as amended, was passed byHouse · 2025-04-29 · Yeas 119, Nays 27, Present, not voting 2
SBi963 was passed to third reading byHouse · 2025-04-28 · Yeas 124, Nays 18, Present, not voting 1
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