---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation."
description: "Relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 827"
citation: "Texas SB 827 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "MEDICAID (S4885)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Smithee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc5d131-6f70-4baa-b4d3-e023c600093c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 827.xml"
source_hash: "1faf1165dd5fcee7eeb84e7656b0504df00dba615837edaf2cf2c2da1a213fe3"
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 827 (86) — Relating to the transfer of civil cases by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.

## 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/SB00827I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested 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 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
- **2019-05-01** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **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 reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/5bc5d131-6f70-4baa-b4d3-e023c600093c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).