---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of flood coverage under insurance policies issued by surplus lines insurers."
description: "Relating to the provision of flood coverage under insurance policies issued by surplus lines insurers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1306"
citation: "Texas HB 1306 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Fire", "Allied Lines & Home (I0430)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "FLOODS (S0327)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frullo", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba180b8-7879-42af-b328-59b7bc56f85c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1306.xml"
source_hash: "1be0fb14056a13762967e41ed1944d9619c88de2059c09f8d8fd225202dbb6c6"
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 HB 1306 (86) — Relating to the provision of flood coverage under insurance policies issued by surplus lines insurers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01306I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Frullo — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-02** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-11** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cba180b8-7879-42af-b328-59b7bc56f85c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).