---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or disaster related to a pandemic."
description: "Relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or disaster related to a pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Texas SB 6 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 (SB9YM)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Day Care (I0209)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Junior College Districts (I0225)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "PHYSICIANS (S1282)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Hancock", "Huffman", "Leach", "Nelson", "Paxton", "Perry", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 76
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa160d75-6699-4ecd-b509-6328b7a7f3ed"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 6.xml"
source_hash: "eef27de6ce0bc5c268e1aa853bd9233f1eea2cdb342621749b1a4b9f06539adc"
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 6 (87) — Relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or disaster related to a pandemic.

## 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/SB00006I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00006E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00006H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00006S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00006F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-29** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment tabled
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-23** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-23** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Read
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/fa160d75-6699-4ecd-b509-6328b7a7f3ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).