HB1888 • 2025

Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Metcalf
Last action: 2025-04-29
Official status: 04/29/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

What This Bill Does

Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

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Bill History

2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Companion considered in lieu of. SB 1185
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Laid on the table subject to call
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Returned to Calendars Committee
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
2025-01-16 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1888 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R3881 EAS-F

By: Metcalf

H.B. No. 1888

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection

requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and

autoclaves.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 755.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) boilers owned or operated by the federal

government;

(2) pressure vessels or process steam generators,

other than steam collection or liberation drums of process steam

generators;

(3) manually fired miniature boilers that:

(A) are constructed or maintained for

locomotives, boats, tractors, or stationary engines only as a hobby

for exhibition, recreation, education, or historical purposes and

not for commercial use;

(B) have an inside diameter of 12 inches or less

or a grate area of two square feet or less; and

(C) are equipped with a safety valve of adequate

size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge;

(4) boilers that are designed for operation only at

atmospheric pressure and that are equipped with two independent

means to prevent the buildup of pressure;

(5) steam cookers; [
or
]

(6) espresso machines
;

(7)

boilers that are a component of a medical device

regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are

of a size that does not exceed:

(A) an inside shell diameter of 16 inches;

(B)

20 square feet of heating surface, unless the

boiler is electric;

(C)

five cubic feet of gross volume, excluding

the casing and insulation; and

(D)

an allowable working pressure of 100 pounds

per square inch gauge; or

(8) unfired pressure vessels in an autoclave
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.