Monitoring the SessionHB 3392
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.
Covers every provider, doctors and facilities. The attorney general can sue for $50,000 per violation!
The bill bars any licensed health care provider, including doctors and facilities, from refusing treatment, a procedure or a service to someone because of that person's vaccination status. It touches every health care provider in Texas and every patient who is unvaccinated or partly vaccinated. Starting September 1, 2025, the attorney general can sue a provider who refuses care on that basis for a $50,000 civil penalty per violation plus attorney's fees and costs.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3151 by Rep. Schatzline (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 by Rep. Schatzline (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 Feb 26, 2025 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB3392 · 2025-02-26
+ 1 coauthor
relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty.
Covers every provider, doctors and facilities. The attorney general can sue for $50,000 per violation!
The bill bars any licensed health care provider, including doctors and facilities, from refusing treatment, a procedure or a service to someone because of that person's vaccination status. It touches every health care provider in Texas and every patient who is unvaccinated or partly vaccinated. Starting September 1, 2025, the attorney general can sue a provider who refuses care on that basis for a $50,000 civil penalty per violation plus attorney's fees and costs.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“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”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill stops providers from making vaccination a condition of getting care, with a $50,000 penalty per refusal.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$314,216.50
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101029008, 101031437, 101068777, 101071636.
$116,200.00
Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101068777, 101071636.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$314,216.50
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101029008, 101031437, 101068777, 101071636.
$116,200.00
Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101068777, 101071636.
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, different 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 Feb 26, 2025
03/21/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 21 2025 9:52AM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee
HB 1356 by Schatzline (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: Swanson H.B. No. 3392 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.
