---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance."
description: "Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Texas HB 19 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCIDENTS (S0333)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Leach", "Meyer", "Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 76
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b63662-eb84-40d0-8228-0aea833bccef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 19.xml"
source_hash: "dc775a5235e070810eda5209c4df5a77ac3cece049392740522b808828f39a68"
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 19 (87) — Relating to civil liability of a commercial motor vehicle owner or operator, including the effect that changes to that liability have on commercial automobile insurance.

## 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/HB00019I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00019F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **106–38** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **106–38** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **81–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **93–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** No action taken 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`
- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-04-29** Postponed
- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-29** Postponed
- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-29** Postponed
- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-29** Postponed
- **2021-04-29** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-29** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-20** 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
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/45b63662-eb84-40d0-8228-0aea833bccef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).