---
title: "SR94: Recognizing Richard M. Peterson for being elected president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery."
bill_number: SR94
session: 1st Special Session
status: Enacted
signed_date: 2025-08-15
effective_date: 2025-09-01
primary_author: Jose Menendez (D)
subjects:
  - Resolutions
  - Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary
  - PETERSON, RICHARD M.
compliance_urgency: low
cost_impact: low
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sr94-89th-1st-special"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# SR94: Recognizing Richard M. Peterson for being elected president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

**Status:** Signed into Law (August 15, 2025)
**Effective Date:** 2025-09-01

## Summary

## Executive Summary
Senate Resolution 94 is a purely ceremonial legislative act recognizing an individual achievement within the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. This legislation creates **no new statutory obligations**, compliance mandates, or liability risks for Texas businesses. You may safely exclude this item from your regulatory implementation protocols.

## Implementation Timeline
- **Effective Date:** September 1, 2025 (Administrative effective date only; non-binding).
- **Compliance Deadline:** **N/A.** No action is required at any stage.
- **Agency Rulemaking:** None. The Texas Medical Board and HHSC have no authority or directive to promulgate rules based on this resolution.

## Operational Changes Required

### Contracts
**No action required.** Existing Master Services Agreements (MSAs), physician employment contracts, and vendor agreements remain legally sound without amendment. This resolution does not alter standards of care or contractual obligations.

### Hiring/Training
**No action required.** There are no new Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements, licensure prerequisites, or staff training protocols triggered by this text.

### Reporting & Record-Keeping
**No action required.** Do not create new compliance logs. No filings are required with the Secretary of State or health regulatory bodies.

### Fees & Costs
**None.** This resolution imposes no levies, surcharges, or administrative fees on medical practices or trade associations.

## Strategic Ambiguities
**None.** The text is explicit in its intent as a "congratulatory resolution." It contains no regulatory language, definitions, or enforcement mechanisms that could be subject to agency interpretation or "scope creep."

## Action Plan
- **Archive Immediately:** Mark SR94 as "Non-Substantive/Ceremonial" in your legislative tracking software.
- **Cancel Reviews:** Instruct outside counsel and internal compliance teams to stop any further analysis of this bill.
- **Focus Resources:** Redirect compliance budget and attention to substantive healthcare statutes currently entering the rulemaking phase.

## Compliance Badges
- **Urgency:** [Low]
- **Cost Impact:** [Low]
- **Primary Enforcing Agency:** [None]

## Business Impact

- **Compliance Urgency:** Low
- **Cost Impact:** Low

## Topics

- Resolutions
- Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary
- PETERSON, RICHARD M.

## Author

**Primary Author:** Jose Menendez (D)

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sr94-89th-1st-special)
- [Texas Legislature Online](https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=SR94)
- [LegiScan](https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SR94/2025/X1)

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