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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the enforcement of insurance laws, including laws governing the unauthorized business of insurance; authorizing administrative penalties."
+description: "Relating to the enforcement of insurance laws, including laws governing the unauthorized business of insurance; authorizing administrative penalties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1809"
+citation: "Texas SB 1809 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Vo"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fc6ad5-b82b-4956-8195-d569ac817c42"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1809.xml"
+source_hash: "f8d6678fb24da48731399cd7ace420d6870e615675b3725ce1b19d7f7d213282"
+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 1809 (87) — Relating to the enforcement of insurance laws, including laws governing the unauthorized business of insurance; authorizing administrative penalties.
+
+## 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/SB01809I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01809E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01809H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01809S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01809F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hancock — primary (person)
+- Vo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-26** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Record vote
+- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-05** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-06** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-06** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-18** 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/a8fc6ad5-b82b-4956-8195-d569ac817c42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+