---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to credit for reinsurance governed by certain covered agreements and ceded to certain assuming insurers."
description: "Relating to credit for reinsurance governed by certain covered agreements and ceded to certain assuming insurers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1689"
citation: "Texas HB 1689 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Hancock", "Metcalf", "Murr", "Oliverson", "Romero, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598cc753-b920-4a9e-bf48-7656f2a41392"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1689.xml"
source_hash: "11dbdbb62dd935f8e180886b7d18452d42ff90ec95a1287fdb4a433fedb8ec81"
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 1689 (87) — Relating to credit for reinsurance governed by certain covered agreements and ceded to certain assuming insurers.

## 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/HB01689I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01689E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01689H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01689S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01689F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Romero, Jr. — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598cc753-b920-4a9e-bf48-7656f2a41392`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).