---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain disclosures and notices required for certain life insurance policies."
description: "Relating to certain disclosures and notices required for certain life insurance policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Texas HB 207 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Life & Annuities (I0423)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Hancock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/351ef24d-2607-4c20-8b52-932a4f48d0a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 207.xml"
source_hash: "0aa0db92493dda75fbcd924ab8b5ff42d31a141a4ed6198b158865c851f29fbf"
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 207 (86) — Relating to certain disclosures and notices required for certain life insurance policies.

## 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/HB00207I.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-08** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** 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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** 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/351ef24d-2607-4c20-8b52-932a4f48d0a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).