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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works."
+description: "Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1999"
+citation: "Texas HB 1999 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Cyrier", "Leach", "Lucio III"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca37fb03-ae5d-41cc-86c4-1379b4a9c345"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1999.xml"
+source_hash: "393632a54711167da3a80ea8e1ab86ce507b242eda6e1453a346cd5f5d639b79"
+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 1999 (86) — Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works.
+
+## 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/HB01999I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **99–34** (pass) · lower
+- other — **108–34** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Cyrier — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Lucio III — primary (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** 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
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Record vote
+- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** 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 immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca37fb03-ae5d-41cc-86c4-1379b4a9c345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+