---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association."
description: "Relating to the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1153"
citation: "Texas SB 1153 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Insurance--Life & Annuities (I0423)", "HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (S0853)", "LONG-TERM CARE (S0417)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION", "TX (V0891)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Smithee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a536b212-32d4-41be-a30c-5352ff841038"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1153.xml"
source_hash: "7b6b17fb5be60b7f5ea26e1aa91fc81a02507b88f2b68bbb59704b13b092fcbb"
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 SB 1153 (86) — Relating to the Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association.

## 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/SB01153I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-10** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/a536b212-32d4-41be-a30c-5352ff841038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).