---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nonrenewal of certain property and casualty insurance policies for the insured's failure to cooperate in a claim investigation, settlement, or defense."
description: "Relating to nonrenewal of certain property and casualty insurance policies for the insured's failure to cooperate in a claim investigation, settlement, or defense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1602"
citation: "Texas SB 1602 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor", "Thompson, Ed"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64caa5f-6e2c-4741-a461-44d0e0184916"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1602.xml"
source_hash: "494a67e184ffdb90854791b746c1be502d210d1a57ddbbf312f06a9ce1d9c8ef"
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 SB 1602 (87) — Relating to nonrenewal of certain property and casualty insurance policies for the insured's failure to cooperate in a claim investigation, settlement, or defense.

## 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/SB01602I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01602E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01602H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01602S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01602F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **96–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** 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/c64caa5f-6e2c-4741-a461-44d0e0184916`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).