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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty."
+description: "Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1734"
+citation: "Texas HB 1734 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities (I0241)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Holland", "Leach", "Longoria", "Lucio", "Martinez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 79
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd80dd5c-ec36-4bde-8b2a-aeab515551de"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1734.xml"
+source_hash: "bad056b2becfd5dc07c511db0956c0cbc22cc2cf4b4edf5f161d7dc31a23ba7c"
+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 1734 (86) — Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01734I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **111–30** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **97–44** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **123–21** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Holland — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Lucio — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-11** 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`
+- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Motion to table withdrawn
+- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-23** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-23** Record vote
+- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2019-05-26** Record vote
+- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** 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/dd80dd5c-ec36-4bde-8b2a-aeab515551de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+