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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
+description: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 259"
+citation: "Texas HB 259 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Insurance/Financial Responsibility (I0850)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Hancock", "Johnson, Julie", "Paul", "Thompson, Ed", "Turner, Chris"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 259.xml"
+source_hash: "e83d448a880440101acd40c67f0b17a457682f57e9f01e4680b756560ea376c5"
+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 259 (86) — Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions.
+
+## 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/HB00259I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **124–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
+- Paul — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
+- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-05** 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/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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