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SB407 • 2025

Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Middleton
Last action
2025-04-30
Official status
04/30/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Apr 30 2025 7:31PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  3. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  4. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  5. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  6. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  8. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  9. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  10. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  11. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  12. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  13. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  15. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  18. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  20. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  21. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  24. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  26. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  27. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  28. 2025-01-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  29. 2024-11-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  30. 2024-11-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 407 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Middleton, et al.

S.B. No. 407

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine

preventable diseases.

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

SECTION 1. Section 224.002(c), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(c) The policy
must:

(1)
[
may
] include procedures for a covered individual

to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons of

conscience, including a religious belief
; and

(2)

prohibit a health care facility from rejecting,

for any reason, an exemption based on reasons of conscience,

including a religious belief
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.