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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous claims and regulatory actions by state agencies."
+description: "Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous claims and regulatory actions by state agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 27"
+citation: "Texas SB 27 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eaa6aed-1f92-44c0-8ed7-fcf23c06fe9e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 27.xml"
+source_hash: "3f1ea6d6a956315826cfa0ce8e6e43e725f4cc20967b7054ba19a06bfa085cc3"
+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 SB 27 (86) — Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous claims and regulatory actions by state agencies.
+
+## 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/SB00027I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–3** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-21** Meeting cancelled
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-04** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-08** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Record vote
+- **2019-04-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-10** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** Record vote
+- **2019-05-14** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Read
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-07** 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/2eaa6aed-1f92-44c0-8ed7-fcf23c06fe9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+