---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the cancellation and nonrenewal of certain liability and commercial property insurance policies."
description: "Relating to the cancellation and nonrenewal of certain liability and commercial property insurance policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 590"
citation: "Texas SB 590 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucio III", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/289eed4c-6e0a-442e-ba04-8af57e5e65e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 590.xml"
source_hash: "7c2b97b562fd740967e431f20332530e3f686c4c99b3313675c6d111b1ae6d57"
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 SB 590 (86) — Relating to the cancellation and nonrenewal of certain liability and commercial property insurance policies.

## 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/SB00590I.HTM)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-09** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** 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/289eed4c-6e0a-442e-ba04-8af57e5e65e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).