---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of insurance professionals."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of insurance professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 4030"
citation: "Texas HB 4030 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE ADJUSTERS (S0539)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db154fa-4456-4354-b2b5-9f38e3a189ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4030.xml"
source_hash: "cd8bfc7f4ebd5b931f19184f475fe053dd5c9f75e1ca34087806e6e8a80cf42b"
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 4030 (87) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of insurance professionals.

## 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/HB04030I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04030E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04030H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04030S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04030F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–8** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–8** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **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
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/8db154fa-4456-4354-b2b5-9f38e3a189ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).