SB 1185: autoclaves and medical device boilers skip boiler inspection

Caption

relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Two more items off the inspection list.

This bill adds two items to the list of equipment that Texas boiler registration and inspection rules do not cover. It exempts small boilers built into medical devices regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, plus unfired pressure vessels inside autoclaves. Starting September 1, 2025, owners of that equipment, such as clinics and labs, would no longer have to register those units or have them inspected under the state boiler law.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1185 · 2025-02-07

SOLD BY

Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

ITEM

relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

WHAT IT DOES

Two more items off the inspection list.

This bill adds two items to the list of equipment that Texas boiler registration and inspection rules do not cover. It exempts small boilers built into medical devices regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, plus unfired pressure vessels inside autoclaves. Starting September 1, 2025, owners of that equipment, such as clinics and labs, would no longer have to register those units or have them inspected under the state boiler law.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

Net to General Revenue · FY 2026($98,070)

LBB estimate, flow · fiscal note version I · ( ) = negative · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1185, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($196,140) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

First year · FY 2026 · ($98,070)

Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 7, 2025Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Feb 7, 2025Filed
Feb 28, 2025Read first time
Feb 28, 2025Referred to Business & Commerce
Mar 18, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 18, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 18, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 18, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 25, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 25, 2025Vote taken in committee
Mar 26, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
Mar 26, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Mar 26, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 27, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 1, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 1, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Apr 1, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 1, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 1, 2025Record vote
Apr 1, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 1, 2025Passed
Apr 1, 2025Record vote
Apr 1, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 2, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025Read first time
Apr 9, 2025Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 24, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 24, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 25, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 29, 2025Laid out in lieu of companion HB 1888
Apr 29, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 29, 2025Passed to 3rd reading
Apr 29, 2025Record vote RV#887
Apr 29, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 30, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 30, 2025Passed
Apr 30, 2025Record vote RV#948
Apr 30, 2025House passage reported
Apr 30, 2025Reported enrolled
May 5, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 5, 2025Signed in the House
May 6, 2025Sent to the Governor
May 15, 2025Signed by the Governor
May 15, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 135 yea · 6 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 30, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 1, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brandon Creighton

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Brandon Creighton.

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

$0 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 spent Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026. Published total from the filed report. Flow, Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 1 of 1 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 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, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Votes5

House Apr 30, 2025

Yea: 135
Nay: 6
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 2
Excused: 5

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 948

SB 1185 was passed by (Record 948): 135 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 135 (published)
Nay: 6 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 5 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 29, 2025

Yea: 141
Nay: 6
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 887

SB 1185 was passed to third reading by (Record 887): 141 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 141 (published)
Nay: 6 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 1, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Creighton moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1185 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 1, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Creighton moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1185 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 1, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses2

For: 1
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

STERIS1 registration

On

Texas Dept of Licensing and Regulation1 registration

Sources

2 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

Net to General Revenue · FY 2026($98,070)

LBB estimate, flow · fiscal note version I · ( ) = negative · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 17, 2025

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB1185, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($196,140) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

First year · FY 2026 · ($98,070)

Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Feb 7, 2025

05/15/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Companion

HB 1888 by Metcalf (identical)

Subjects

Health--General

Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions

Safety

BOILERS

Text

The text as introduced · 290 words

89R3881 EAS-F

By: Creighton
S.B. No. 1185

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection

requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and

autoclaves.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 755.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) This chapter does not apply to:

(1) boilers owned or operated by the federal

government;

(2) pressure vessels or process steam generators,

other than steam collection or liberation drums of process steam

generators;

(3) manually fired miniature boilers that:

(A) are constructed or maintained for

locomotives, boats, tractors, or stationary engines only as a hobby

for exhibition, recreation, education, or historical purposes and

not for commercial use;

(B) have an inside diameter of 12 inches or less

or a grate area of two square feet or less; and

(C) are equipped with a safety valve of adequate

size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge;

(4) boilers that are designed for operation only at

atmospheric pressure and that are equipped with two independent

means to prevent the buildup of pressure;

(5) steam cookers; [ or ]

(6) espresso machines ;

(7) boilers that are a component of a medical device

regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are

of a size that does not exceed:

(A) an inside shell diameter of 16 inches;

(B) 20 square feet of heating surface, unless the

boiler is electric;

(C) five cubic feet of gross volume, excluding

the casing and insulation; and

(D) an allowable working pressure of 100 pounds

per square inch gauge; or

(8) unfired pressure vessels in an autoclave .

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

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House Apr 30, 2025

House Apr 29, 2025

Senate Apr 1, 2025

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