---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims."
description: "Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2416"
citation: "Texas HB 2416 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Patterson", "Powell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fdba362-7414-4c46-915d-2e3cfcb2e96d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2416.xml"
source_hash: "d8f7a010eea2ce09c016fca0bce56530bb6f2f2ec535073a4297e27b39ada2a6"
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 2416 (87) — Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02416I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fdba362-7414-4c46-915d-2e3cfcb2e96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).