---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1734"
citation: "Texas HB 1734 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities (I0241)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Purchasing--Local (I0644)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Holland", "Leach", "Longoria", "Lucio", "Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 79
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd80dd5c-ec36-4bde-8b2a-aeab515551de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1734.xml"
source_hash: "bad056b2becfd5dc07c511db0956c0cbc22cc2cf4b4edf5f161d7dc31a23ba7c"
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 1734 (86) — Relating to litigation involving certain defects in school district facilities and enforcement of certain duties following that litigation; authorizing a civil penalty.

## 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/HB01734I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **111–30** (pass) · lower
- passage — **97–44** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **123–21** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Motion to table withdrawn
- **2019-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/dd80dd5c-ec36-4bde-8b2a-aeab515551de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).