---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases."
description: "Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Texas HB 1578 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Landgraf", "Meyer", "Spiller", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040a2ad5-1717-4cae-95df-d39fb708beea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1578.xml"
source_hash: "832acc953d503e054c742919c228a05175076ebdd010b656fa9fb307a214d7c7"
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 HB 1578 (87) — Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01578F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **135–10** (fail) · upper
- passage — **135–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/040a2ad5-1717-4cae-95df-d39fb708beea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).