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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases."
+description: "Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1578"
+citation: "Texas HB 1578 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Landgraf", "Meyer", "Spiller", "Vasut"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-04"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040a2ad5-1717-4cae-95df-d39fb708beea"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1578.xml"
+source_hash: "832acc953d503e054c742919c228a05175076ebdd010b656fa9fb307a214d7c7"
+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 1578 (87) — Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
+
+## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01578I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **135–10** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Landgraf — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Spiller — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/040a2ad5-1717-4cae-95df-d39fb708beea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+