2023 TPS Legislative Recap
Visit the 2021-22 Interim Activities page to get up to speed on relevant topics studied by the legislature since the 2021 Legislative Session. These issues set the framework for areas of focus during the 2023 Session.
88th Texas Legislative Session dates:
- November 8, 2022: General election day
- November 4, 2022: First day legislators and legislators-elect may file bills for the 88th Legislature.
- January 10, 2023: First day of 88th Texas Legislative Session
- March 10, 2023: Last day to file bills
- May 29, 2023: Sine Die (end of session)
TESTIMONY & ACTION ITEMS
TPS members have a long history of testifying to House and Senate Committees throughout the legislative session.
| Issue/Bill | Our Testimony |
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HB 1 (State Budget): Primary Care Preceptorship Program |
Written testimony for House Appropriations Article III Subcommittee on 2-6-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Primary Care Preceptorship Program | Written testimony for Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Medicaid rates, maternal mortality and other Health and Human Services Commission funding items | Testimony in Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| SB 1 (State Budget): Tobacco cessation funding and other Department of State Health Services funding items | Testimony in Senate Finance on 2-21-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Maternal mortality, early childhood intervention, and other Health and Human Services funding items | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Tobacco cessation funding and other Department of State Health Services funding items | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 1 (State Budget): Medicaid rates | Testimony in House Appropriations Article II Subcommittee on 2-28-23 |
| HB 463: Relating to medical examinations for certain children entering the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Testimony in House Human Services on 3-7-2023 |
| SB 15: Relating to requiring public institution of higher education students who compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions to compete based on biological sex. | |
| HB 1762: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child. | Testimony in House Criminal Jurisprudence 3-14-23 |
| HB 916: Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs. | Testimony in House Insurance 3-14-2023 |
| SB 1031: Relating to studies or surveys on children's sexual behavior conducted at or by a public primary or secondary school. | Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services on 3-15-23 |
| SB 1197: Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty. | Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services on 3-15-23 |
| HB 1599: Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program. |
Testimony in House Select Committee on Health Care Reform on 3-16-23 |
| HB 12: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy. |
Testimony in House Select Committee on Health Care Reform 3-16-2023 |
| HB 44: Relating to provider discrimination against a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based on immunization status. | |
| HB 81: Relating to informed consent before the provision of certain medical treatments involving COVID-19 vaccination. | Testimony in House Public Health 3-20-23 |
| SB 14: Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. | Testimony in Senate State Affairs 3-20-2023 |
| SB 29: Relating to prohibited governmental entity implementation or enforcement of a vaccine mandate, mask requirement, or private business or school closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. | Testimony in Senate State Affairs 3-20-2023 |
| HB 2780: Relating to the reporting of mental health and intellectual disability information with respect to certain children for purposes of a federal firearm background check. | Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 3-21-2023 |
| SB 177: Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. | Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 3-22-2023 |
| SB 1024: Relating to preventative health care and public health, including prohibited immunization and face-covering requirements and private business or school closures. | Testimony in Senate Health & Human Services 3-22-2023 |
| HB 1686: Relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments. | Testimony in House Public Health 3-27-2023 |
| HB 772: Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. | Written Testimony to House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety 4-3-2023 |
| HB 2891: Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses. | Written Testimony to House Education 4-4-2023 |
| HB 3124: Relating to the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | Testimony in House Higher Education 4-10-2023 |
| HB 3545: Relating to civil liability arising from a firearm hold agreement. | Written Testimony to House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 4-12-2023 |
| HB 1105: Relating to the administration of a medication and the ordering and administration of an immunization or vaccination by a pharmacist. | Testimony in House Public Health 4-17-2023 |
| HB 2079: Relating to the authority of pharmacists to order and furnish certain prescription drugs. | Testimony in House Public Health 4-17-2023 |
| HB 236: Relating to requiring a national instant criminal background check in connection with private firearm transfers; creating a criminal offense | Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023 |
| HB 4472: Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas School Safety Center to provide information and resources regarding safe firearm storage to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools for distribution to the parents or legal custodians of students. | Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023 |
| HB 2744: Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty | Testimony in House Select Committee on Community Safety 4-18-2023 |
| SB 24: Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services. | |
| SB 1285: Relating to newborn or infant testing for congenital cytomegalovirus. | Written Testimony to Senate Health & Human Services 4-26-2023 |
| HB 2270: Relating to a requirement that certain students, interns, residents, and fellows receiving a clinical education at public or nonprofit hospitals receive an annual comprehensive health examination. | Written Testimony to House Public Health 5-1-2023 |
| SB 17: Relating to the powers and duties of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education. | Written Testimony to House Higher Education 5-8-2023 |
