---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
description: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "Texas SB 455 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Bryant", "Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Johnson", "Middleton", "Morgan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-21"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 455.xml"
source_hash: "0e74c4f9d7b46f148186cd31ef5957a5c54a522bd05e6990a018b93ea3d91b04"
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 455 (89R) — Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00455I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-14** Read
- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-14** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).