---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights."
description: "Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2730"
citation: "Texas HB 2730 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hughes", "Leach", "Meyer", "Moody", "Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a49a69e9-1f42-4814-8731-e7dce5c7df31"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2730.xml"
source_hash: "57271124d9f23c846ea4703a3352a760976d9a52c7df70dd40f14abc56148f80"
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 2730 (86) — Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.

## 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/HB02730I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (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 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** 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
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **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** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-05-17** Remarks ordered printed
- **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`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/a49a69e9-1f42-4814-8731-e7dce5c7df31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).