---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the association; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the operations and functions of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the association; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "Texas SB 615 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Sunset—Required Reviews (I0021)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION", "TEXAS (V0508)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Hall", "Nichols", "Paddie", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/779175d1-ab1a-43bb-b4bb-ded02951f00b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 615.xml"
source_hash: "ddd984225b3922e4c7f5708ed3e64ec6689aee2369898d8a20e08f66e1765fcd"
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 615 (86) — Relating to the operations and functions of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the sunset review date for and programs administered by the association; authorizing a fee.

## 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/SB00615I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** 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
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-03** Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
- **2019-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Corrected comm. report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **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 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/779175d1-ab1a-43bb-b4bb-ded02951f00b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).