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H696 • 2025
Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act.
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Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
Conf Report Passed 2nd
Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
Conf Report Adopted 2nd
Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
Ruled Material
Conf Com Reported
Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
Held As Material
Conf Com Reported
Conferees Changed
Conf Com Appointed
Conf Com Appointed
Failed Concur In S Com Sub
Added to Calendar
Withdrawn From Com
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Withdrawn From Cal
Cal Pursuant 36(b)
Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
Special Message Sent To House
Passed 3rd Reading
Passed 2nd Reading
Reptd Fav
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Com Substitute Adopted
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
Withdrawn From Com
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Passed 1st Reading
Regular Message Received From House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
Passed 3rd Reading
Passed 2nd Reading
Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
Reptd Fav
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Passed 1st Reading
Filed
H696-SMBC-129(CCSLUxr-3)-v-9 (2026-04-22): Medicaid & HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs. H696-SMBC-60(e1)-v-2 (2025-04-30): Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act. H696-SMBC-66(e2)-v-2 (2025-05-05): Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act. H696-SMBC-87(e2)-v-2 (2025-06-17): Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act. H696-SMBC-89(e3)-v-2 (2025-06-17): Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act.