---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works."
description: "Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1999"
citation: "Texas HB 1999 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Cyrier", "Leach", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca37fb03-ae5d-41cc-86c4-1379b4a9c345"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1999.xml"
source_hash: "393632a54711167da3a80ea8e1ab86ce507b242eda6e1453a346cd5f5d639b79"
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 1999 (86) — Relating to certain construction liability claims concerning public buildings and public works.

## 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/HB01999I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower
- passage — **99–34** (pass) · lower
- other — **108–34** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Cyrier — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** 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
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** 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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca37fb03-ae5d-41cc-86c4-1379b4a9c345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).