Monitoring the SessionHB 962
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 required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
To the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
The bill requires every health care provider in Texas to report each potential vaccine-related injury or adverse event in a patient they treat to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. It touches doctors, nurses and other health care providers who treat patients after vaccination, and it directs the state health commission's executive commissioner to write the rules. On the ground, reporting to the federal system stops being optional and becomes a state-law duty starting September 1, 2025, though the bill sets no penalty for failing to report.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 280 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 280 (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.QUICK READ: 125 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 125 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Health committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB962 · 2024-11-12
+ 4 coauthors
relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
To the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
The bill requires every health care provider in Texas to report each potential vaccine-related injury or adverse event in a patient they treat to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. It touches doctors, nurses and other health care providers who treat patients after vaccination, and it directs the state health commission's executive commissioner to write the rules. On the ground, reporting to the federal system stops being optional and becomes a state-law duty starting September 1, 2025, though the bill sets no penalty for failing to report.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Mar 25, 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.
$32,500.00
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 · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 2025. 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: 101005773, 101012329.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$32,500.00
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 · Jul 10, 2024 to Jun 27, 2025. 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: 101005773, 101012329.
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. Toth, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to Public Health
Relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/06/2025 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM
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
Health Care Providers
Health--General
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions
IMMUNIZATIONS
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 125 words
By: Toth H.B. No. 962 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. 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 161.0103 to read as follows: Sec. 161.0103. REQUIRED REPORT OF VACCINE INJURIES AND ADVERSE EVENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care provider shall report each potential vaccine-related injury of a patient the provider treats, including any adverse event following vaccination, to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. (b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
