---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right of a member of the state military forces to retain private legal counsel and file a civil action."
description: "Relating to the right of a member of the state military forces to retain private legal counsel and file a civil action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 484"
citation: "Texas SB 484 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e4940f7-ff17-400d-bf15-65b408c00b1c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 484.xml"
source_hash: "536d2b2b4a3f65034043fe42232940e978b8d7ec83a0e49d4f387f844ff3506b"
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 484 (87) — Relating to the right of a member of the state military forces to retain private legal counsel and file a civil action.

## 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/SB00484I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00484E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00484H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00484S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00484F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** 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** 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/4e4940f7-ff17-400d-bf15-65b408c00b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).