---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership."
description: "Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "Texas HB 1159 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Notaries (I0538)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Meyer", "Minjarez", "Moody", "Price", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59b19a78-6f84-453a-af47-4dbe9cd84c15"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1159.xml"
source_hash: "d3cda11fe06fccb713a3769560cb9cb140687fd3df87359ac9c7e2c4c78f7c8a"
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 1159 (86) — Relating to the acknowledgment of a written instrument on behalf of a limited liability company or partnership.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB01159I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krause — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-02** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14** 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/59b19a78-6f84-453a-af47-4dbe9cd84c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).