---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statutes of limitation and repose for certain claims arising out of residential construction."
description: "Relating to statutes of limitation and repose for certain claims arising out of residential construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2024"
citation: "Texas HB 2024 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE (S0026)", "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "INTERIOR DESIGNERS (S6600)", "LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (S0027)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "King", "Leach", "Patterson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573370f4-c454-4c64-92b6-34ddc5432369"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2024.xml"
source_hash: "61b21f6feaceb236b099241f53d463f02fc75b0c256a71dcc9353f7814eccc51"
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 2024 (88) — Relating to statutes of limitation and repose for certain claims arising out of residential construction.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02024I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02024E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02024H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02024S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02024F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **100–40** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Record vote
- **2023-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573370f4-c454-4c64-92b6-34ddc5432369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).