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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities."
+description: "Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2826"
+citation: "Texas HB 2826 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Lawyers (I0515)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS", "STATE OFFICE OF (V0065)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Goldman", "Huffman", "Leach", "Longoria"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-01"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37852e12-b03c-44b9-b462-3c59b9179378"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2826.xml"
+source_hash: "dbb5890042abf47a052c25a4aef3cfb3c16cd1326c02b0b9c701f0af42fff342"
+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 2826 (86) — Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.
+
+## 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/HB02826I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **103–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+- Zerwas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-25** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-25** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-01** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** 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
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent 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 reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/37852e12-b03c-44b9-b462-3c59b9179378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+