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SB125 • 2025

Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hall | Paxton
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  3. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  5. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  6. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  7. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  9. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  11. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  13. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  14. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  15. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  16. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  19. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Hall

  20. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  21. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA2 Alvarado

  23. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  24. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  26. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  27. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  28. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  29. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  30. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  31. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  34. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  35. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  36. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  37. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  38. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  39. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  40. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  42. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  43. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  44. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  45. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  46. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 125 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Hall, et al.

S.B. No. 125

(Shofner, et al.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to autologous and direct blood donations.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 162, Health and Safety Code, is amended

by adding Section 162.021 to read as follows:

Sec.

162.021.

AUTOLOGOUS OR DIRECT BLOOD DONATION. (a) A

blood bank shall comply with a physician's order prescribing for an

individual an autologous or direct blood donation.

(b)

A blood bank may charge a fee in an amount reasonable and

necessary to cover the administrative cost to the blood bank of

facilitating an autologous or direct blood donation ordered by a

physician under Subsection (a).

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 241.013 to read as follows:

Sec.

241.013.

AUTOLOGOUS AND DIRECT BLOOD DONATIONS. A

hospital licensed under this chapter that facilitates blood

donations shall allow an individual on whom a medical procedure is

to be performed to provide an autologous or direct blood donation a

physician orders for the procedure.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.