---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of certain insurers to make investments in bond exchange-traded funds."
description: "Relating to the authority of certain insurers to make investments in bond exchange-traded funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2694"
citation: "Texas HB 2694 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial--General (I0365)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c65e9d6f-ce33-4af0-8843-41140a48fbee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2694.xml"
source_hash: "ef667a9cd72953c064c78bd11f38190a0dbb3be681cb14b61e71c49e7e1f6705"
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 2694 (86) — Relating to the authority of certain insurers to make investments in bond exchange-traded funds.

## 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/HB02694I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** 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/c65e9d6f-ce33-4af0-8843-41140a48fbee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).