2026 Regular Session
SB642
Worker's compensation; expanding rights and remedies granted to certain persons; authorizing agreement between contractors to provide certain insurance coverage. Emergency.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 27, 2025 · Senate
Senate: Business & Insurance Committee: DO PASS AMENDED CS
Passed
9 yea–2 nay
March 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
37 yea–7 nay · 3 absent
April 10, 2025 · House
House: Civil Judiciary Committee: DO PASS
Passed
8 yea–0 nay
April 22, 2025 · House
House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS
Passed
10 yea–0 nay
May 8, 2025 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
74 yea–18 nay · 6 absent
May 21, 2025 · Senate
Senate: FOURTH READING
Passed
40 yea–6 nay · 2 absent
May 21, 2025 · House
House: FOURTH READING
Passed
81 yea–12 nay · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2025 · House
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
April 1, 2025 · House
Civil Judiciary
February 4, 2025 · Senate
Business and Insurance
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Approved by Governor 05/23/2025
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Senate Sent to Governor
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House Signed, returned to Senate
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Senate Enrolled, to House
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Senate Referred for enrollment
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House To Senate
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House Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 12 View roll call
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House CCR adopted View roll call
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House CCR submitted
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Senate Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 40 Nays: 6 View roll call
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Senate CCR adopted View roll call
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Senate Coauthored by Representative Ford
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Senate CCR read
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House Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
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Senate SCs named Paxton, Howard, Daniels, Rader, Rosino, Pugh, Kirt
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Senate HAs rejected, conference requested
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Senate HAs read
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House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for engrossment
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House Motion to reconsider tabled
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House Notice served to reconsider vote by Representative Kannady View roll call
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House Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 18 View roll call
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House Amended by floor substitute
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House Coauthored by Representative(s) Duel
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House General Order
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House CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee View roll call
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House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary View roll call
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House Referred to Civil Judiciary
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House Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
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House First Reading
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Senate Engrossed to House
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Senate Referred for engrossment
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Senate Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 View roll call
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Senate General Order, Amended
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Senate Coauthored by Representative Hilbert (principal House author)
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Senate Placed on General Order
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Senate Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance
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Senate Authored by Senator Paxton
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Senate First Reading