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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse."
+description: "Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3809"
+citation: "Texas HB 3809 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Meyer", "Watson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4036e1-c049-4075-8f66-628af4aea28c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3809.xml"
+source_hash: "cb9bbe77cd6bbc5e4ea8389516684e74f0fe40586cec25edc0e0b7157f118536"
+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 3809 (86) — Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03809I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Watson — primary (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-22** 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** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** 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 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/6b4036e1-c049-4075-8f66-628af4aea28c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+