---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance."
description: "Relating to certain hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3228"
citation: "Texas HB 3228 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "INSURANCE RATES (S0525)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Hunter", "Muñoz, Jr.", "Raymond"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6096bf66-7c5e-461e-975b-a96f3c29011e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3228.xml"
source_hash: "ef55a42949491dd86b6745066cc295a8b371399c06f78581794db19b0eab5717"
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 3228 (86) — Relating to certain hearings concerning title insurance rates and other matters relating to regulating the business of title insurance.

## 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/HB03228I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **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
- **2019-05-20** 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 reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/6096bf66-7c5e-461e-975b-a96f3c29011e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).