---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residential construction liability."
description: "Relating to residential construction liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2022"
citation: "Texas HB 2022 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King", "Leach", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a53233d-6b57-4cdc-98f3-de4a1f1a001c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2022.xml"
source_hash: "e00092362a4bd12b80159d6fef368b471dd5e57fef465bd9b15f11ff0f730740"
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 2022 (88) — Relating to residential construction liability.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02022I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02022E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02022H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02022S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02022F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a53233d-6b57-4cdc-98f3-de4a1f1a001c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).