---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
description: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Texas HB 259 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Insurance/Financial Responsibility (I0850)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Hancock", "Johnson, Julie", "Paul", "Thompson, Ed", "Turner, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 259.xml"
source_hash: "e83d448a880440101acd40c67f0b17a457682f57e9f01e4680b756560ea376c5"
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 259 (86) — Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions.

## 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/HB00259I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **124–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Paul — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** 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/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).