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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships."
+description: "Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3603"
+citation: "Texas HB 3603 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--General (I0160)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Martinez Fischer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48949735-607d-4cf6-8ff8-e8d6634ba22d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3603.xml"
+source_hash: "f85720bcc0b13bffe62d13962b4a7efad76ae2f68aeb5275ba6edd6593d55785"
+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 3603 (86) — Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships.
+
+## 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/HB03603I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02** Postponed
+- **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-07** Record vote
+- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** 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/48949735-607d-4cf6-8ff8-e8d6634ba22d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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