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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
+description: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 455"
+citation: "Texas SB 455 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Bryant", "Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Johnson", "Middleton", "Morgan"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-11-21"
+last_action: "2025-05-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 455.xml"
+source_hash: "0e74c4f9d7b46f148186cd31ef5957a5c54a522bd05e6990a018b93ea3d91b04"
+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 455 (89R) — Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00455I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry — primary (person)
+- Bryant — primary (person)
+- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- Alders — cosponsor (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
+- Curry — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
+- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
+- Little — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
+- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
+- Luther — cosponsor (person)
+- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
+- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Money — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
+- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
+- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
+- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
+- Vo — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-09** Record vote
+- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-10** Record vote
+- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-14** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-14** Read
+- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-14** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+