Monitoring the SessionHB 1356
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Every licensed provider in Texas, for profit or not.
The bill bars any licensed health care provider, including doctors and facilities, from refusing a treatment, procedure, or service to a patient because of that patient's vaccination status. It covers every facility or individual licensed or authorized to provide health care in Texas, whether for profit or not. A provider who refuses care on that basis faces a $50,000 civil penalty per violation, collected by the attorney general, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3151 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3151 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 15, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1356 · 2024-11-15
relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty.
Every licensed provider in Texas, for profit or not.
The bill bars any licensed health care provider, including doctors and facilities, from refusing a treatment, procedure, or service to a patient because of that patient's vaccination status. It covers every facility or individual licensed or authorized to provide health care in Texas, whether for profit or not. A provider who refuses care on that basis faces a $50,000 civil penalty per violation, collected by the attorney general, starting September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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Derived from itemized gifts, Oct 27, 2024 to Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
$113,206 raised in 4 of 4 reports since Oct 27, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure. Partial total. Regular reports do not cover Jul 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025, Aug 15, 2025 to Sep 4, 2025.
$220,212 spent since Oct 27, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.
$54,238 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
MoneyMissing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Schatzline, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 15, 2023: Referred to Public Health
Relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 15, 2024
03/11/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee
HB 3392 by Swanson (duplicate)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities
Health Care Providers
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions
Hospitals
DISCRIMINATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
The text as introduced · 193 words
89R4965 MCF-D By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1356 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 161.01095 to read as follows: Sec. 161.01095. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In this section, "health care provider" means a facility or individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care, for profit or otherwise, in the ordinary course of business or professional practice. The term includes a physician. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care provider may not, based on an individual's vaccination status, deny or refuse to provide to the individual a health care treatment, procedure, or service. (c) A health care provider who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation. The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty and may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the action. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.