---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims."
description: "Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2064"
citation: "Texas HB 2064 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS' LIENS (S0248)", "Hospitals (I0400)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e38593-dcbd-432b-8c14-9038efc2321f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2064.xml"
source_hash: "e29e3a6f0a99465fd7dc62034a8af8e9f08d0442ace49ca62177d2a27ce29eb5"
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 2064 (87) — Relating to the amount of a hospital or physician lien on certain causes of action or claims.

## 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/HB02064I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02064E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02064H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02064S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02064F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **147–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** No action taken in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9e38593-dcbd-432b-8c14-9038efc2321f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).