---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities."
description: "Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "Texas SB 230 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusements", "Games", "Sports (I0034)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Property Interests--General (I0620)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d66aa87-73c5-48ca-a708-10fcf20d7e41"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 230.xml"
source_hash: "5f9bb4b3d08d026409449bbb11009896977cb8652850b1479436dcbe924814a0"
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 230 (86) — Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities.

## 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/SB00230I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-19** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** 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`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d66aa87-73c5-48ca-a708-10fcf20d7e41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).