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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership."
+description: "Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1159"
+citation: "Texas HB 1159 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Notaries (I0538)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Moody", "Price", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-29"
+last_action: "2019-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59b19a78-6f84-453a-af47-4dbe9cd84c15"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1159.xml"
+source_hash: "d3cda11fe06fccb713a3769560cb9cb140687fd3df87359ac9c7e2c4c78f7c8a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1159 (86) — Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01159I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-26** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-02** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-03** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-03** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59b19a78-6f84-453a-af47-4dbe9cd84c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+