---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to individuals and organizations providing certain services and liability in connection with prescribed burns."
description: "Relating to individuals and organizations providing certain services and liability in connection with prescribed burns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2053"
citation: "Texas HB 2053 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION (S0273)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Murr"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f31695-f6fa-470f-98bb-e7208aafa3ba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2053.xml"
source_hash: "ff2a044cc7ecefcbeaacf350b8036da569b46c07af13358b21a9a6115889ae29"
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 2053 (86) — Relating to individuals and organizations providing certain services and liability in connection with prescribed burns.

## 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/HB02053I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Agriculture & Livestock `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
- **2019-04-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** 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`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Water & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/f5f31695-f6fa-470f-98bb-e7208aafa3ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).