---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse."
description: "Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3809"
citation: "Texas HB 3809 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Meyer", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4036e1-c049-4075-8f66-628af4aea28c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3809.xml"
source_hash: "cb9bbe77cd6bbc5e4ea8389516684e74f0fe40586cec25edc0e0b7157f118536"
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 3809 (86) — Relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03809I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldman — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** 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 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/6b4036e1-c049-4075-8f66-628af4aea28c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).