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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance."
+description: "Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 19"
+citation: "Texas HB 19 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ACCIDENTS (S0333)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Leach", "Meyer", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 76
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b63662-eb84-40d0-8228-0aea833bccef"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 19.xml"
+source_hash: "dc775a5235e070810eda5209c4df5a77ac3cece049392740522b808828f39a68"
+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 19 (87) — Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance.
+
+## 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/HB00019I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **106–38** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **106–38** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **81–49** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **93–52** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — 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)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-17** No action taken 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`
+- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29** Point of order withdrawn
+- **2021-04-29** Postponed
+- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-29** Postponed
+- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-29** Postponed
+- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-29** Postponed
+- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-29** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-04-29** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-30** Record vote
+- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-20** 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
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/45b63662-eb84-40d0-8228-0aea833bccef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+