---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain deceptive advertising of legal services."
description: "Relating to certain deceptive advertising of legal services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1189"
citation: "Texas SB 1189 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Capriglione", "Creighton", "Fallon", "Leach", "Lucio", "Rose", "Sheffield", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ec20b3-1e04-429c-b090-9961d50625a2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1189.xml"
source_hash: "96c5e96038f5517c4eea43ef34cf409d5d69dfe3a70217e8cd2d0631469f7464"
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 1189 (86) — Relating to certain deceptive advertising of legal services.

## 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/SB01189I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **112–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Fallon — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Lucio — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sheffield — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-21** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **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
- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Read
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/50ec20b3-1e04-429c-b090-9961d50625a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).