---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to eligibility of surplus lines insurers to provide windstorm and hail coverage."
description: "Relating to eligibility of surplus lines insurers to provide windstorm and hail coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1940"
citation: "Texas HB 1940 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "WINDSTORM DEVICES & INSURANCE (S0308)", "WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION", "TEXAS (V0508)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d9096b4-d3d5-4e13-9191-dd3580024534"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1940.xml"
source_hash: "d86a7ea957553b01546c0a5544f0951d32661bc328015b6c8b4d4dcfc056bfbc"
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 1940 (86) — Relating to eligibility of surplus lines insurers to provide windstorm and hail coverage.

## 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/HB01940I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **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`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d9096b4-d3d5-4e13-9191-dd3580024534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).