---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to civil liability of a nursing facility resident's responsible payor for misappropriation of the resident's funds."
description: "Relating to civil liability of a nursing facility resident's responsible payor for misappropriation of the resident's funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Texas SB 270 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed0f98ab-6940-4d83-bdae-1bed90c90262"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 270.xml"
source_hash: "33055864a437b115b4835359bc788c67e10dfa10f25cc7469124dc8e0a5be761"
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 270 (87) — Relating to civil liability of a nursing facility resident's responsible payor for misappropriation of the resident's funds.

## 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/SB00270I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00270E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00270H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00270S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00270F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-29** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-29** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Record vote
- **2021-03-25** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-19** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-20** House passage reported
- **2021-04-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-04-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-04-22** Signed in the House
- **2021-04-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/ed0f98ab-6940-4d83-bdae-1bed90c90262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).