SB 125: bill letting patients use their own blood for surgery

Caption

relating to the provision of autologous and direct blood donations for medical procedures performed at hospitals.

Summary

Or blood from donors they pick, for scheduled procedures.

The bill requires licensed Texas hospitals to let a patient give their own blood, or use blood from donors they pick, for a scheduled medical procedure. It touches hospitals and patients facing scheduled procedures, plus the friends or family a patient names as donors. If the patient tells the hospital at least 72 hours ahead and, for donor-directed blood, gives a list of eligible donors, the hospital must allow it starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1584 (Did not pass) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1584 (Did not pass). 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.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on Apr 2, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Public Health committee 8-2, no floor vote.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB125 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Sen. Bob HallRSenate 2

Sen. Angela PaxtonRSenate 8

+ 2 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the provision of autologous and direct blood donations for medical procedures performed at hospitals.

WHAT IT DOES

Or blood from donors they pick, for scheduled procedures.

The bill requires licensed Texas hospitals to let a patient give their own blood, or use blood from donors they pick, for a scheduled medical procedure. It touches hospitals and patients facing scheduled procedures, plus the friends or family a patient names as donors. If the patient tells the hospital at least 72 hours ahead and, for donor-directed blood, gives a list of eligible donors, the hospital must allow it starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 21, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Nov 12, 2024Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Nov 12, 2024Filed
Feb 3, 2025Read first time
Feb 3, 2025Referred to Health & Human Services
Mar 12, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 12, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 12, 2025Testimony taken in committee
Mar 12, 2025Left pending in committee
Mar 18, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 18, 2025Vote taken in committee
Mar 24, 2025Reported favorably as substituted
Mar 24, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 25, 2025Co-author authorized
Mar 26, 2025Placed on intent calendar
Apr 2, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 2, 2025Amendment(s) offered FA1 Hall
Apr 2, 2025Amended
Apr 2, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 2, 2025Amendment(s) offered FA2 Alvarado
Apr 2, 2025Amended
Apr 2, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
Apr 2, 2025Passed to engrossment as amended
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Three day rule suspended
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 2, 2025Passed
Apr 2, 2025Record vote
Apr 2, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 3, 2025Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025Read first time
Apr 9, 2025Referred to Public Health
May 21, 2025Posting rule suspended
May 22, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 22, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
May 22, 2025Left pending in committee
May 23, 2025Considered in formal meeting
May 23, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 25, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 25, 2025Committee report distributed
May 25, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 25, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 27, 2025Placed on General State Calendar

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

Senate · 28 yea · 3 nay

Sources

Senate: Final passage · Apr 2, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Bob Hall

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135K Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116K Bryan Hughes Campaign$100K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

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

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$135,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash: $129,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $135,000.00

polling $6,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 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.

Report IDs: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC$116,000.00

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash: $110,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $116,000.00

polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 5, 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: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

Bryan Hughes Campaign$100,000.00

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 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: 101073278.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$135,000.00

Cash: $129,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $135,000.00

polling $6,000.00

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.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 12, 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.

Report IDs: 100987789, 101010195, 101040645, 101069307, 101073278.

×

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

$116,000.00

Cash: $110,000.00
Paid by others: $6,000.00
Total: $116,000.00

polling $6,000.00

Also funds 30 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 5, 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: 101010195, 101033131, 101073278.

×

Bryan Hughes Campaign

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 29, 2026 to Oct 5, 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: 101073278.

Votes4

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 28
Nay: 3
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. (Same as previous roll call)

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

Yea: 28 (published)
Nay: 3 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 28
Nay: 3
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Hall moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 125 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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

Yea: 28 (published)
Nay: 3 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 28
Nay: 3
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

CSSB 125 as amended was passed to engrossment by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

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

Yea: 28 (published)
Nay: 3 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Yea: 25
Nay: 6
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0
Excused: 0

Names

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

Senate journal

Sources

Senator Hall moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration CSSB 125 at this time on its second reading: CSSB 125, Relating to autologous and direct blood donations. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.

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

Yea: 25 (published)
Nay: 6 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

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

Witnesses25

For: 14
Against: 11
On: 0

Names

For

Self9 registrations
Self; Blessed By His Blood Not for Profit Cooperative1 registration
Self; Blessed By His Blood not for profit cooperative1 registration
Self; TEXANS FOR VACCINE CHOICE1 registration
Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice1 registration
Self; Texas Right To Know1 registration

Against

Blood Centers of Texas1 registration
Blood Centers ofTexas1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; Carter BloodCare1 registration
Self; Texas Medical Association1 registration
Self; We Are Blood1 registration
Texas Chapter American College of Physicians2 registrations
Texas Hospital Association1 registration
Texas society of pathologists1 registration
We Are Blood1 registration

Sources

25 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

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

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

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

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 21, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

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.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R SB 1584

by Sen. Hall, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 23, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to certain autologous and direct blood donations.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Nov 12, 2024

05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

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

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

Coauthors

Bryan HughesRSenate 1

Kevin SparksRSenate 31

Companion

HB 4975 by Olcott (similar)

HB 5090 by Shofner (very similar)

Subjects

Health Care Providers

Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions

Hospitals

ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS

Text

The text as introduced · 157 words

89R3889 JTZ-F

By: Hall, Paxton
S.B. No. 125

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of autologous and direct blood donations

for medical procedures performed at hospitals.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 241, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 241.013 to read as follows:

Sec. 241.013. AUTOLOGOUS AND DIRECT BLOOD DONATIONS. A

hospital licensed under this chapter shall allow an individual on

whom a medical procedure is to be performed to provide an autologous

or direct blood donation for the procedure if, not less than 72

hours before the scheduled time for the procedure, the individual:

(1) notifies the hospital of the intention to provide

an autologous or direct blood donation for the procedure; and

(2) for a direct blood donation, provides the hospital

a list of eligible blood donors.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

Bryan Hughes Campaign

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC

Bryan Hughes Campaign

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

Senate Apr 2, 2025

For

Against

88R SB 1584

Companion