---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability of engineers and certain business entities performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation."
description: "Relating to liability of engineers and certain business entities performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3156"
citation: "Texas HB 3156 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "Highways (I0390)", "TRANSPORTATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8796)", "Transportation--Miscellaneous (I0824)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMantia", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42ab0ae-39fb-44e6-9f8f-e0b6bc5031ac"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3156.xml"
source_hash: "d02d2f9c2b03656e351c03d0a51b02de79bd0cd7c855a54d0c246ac66f431e1a"
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 3156 (88) — Relating to liability of engineers and certain business entities performing construction monitoring and inspection services for the Texas Department of Transportation.

## 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/HB03156I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03156E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03156H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03156S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03156F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LaMantia — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42ab0ae-39fb-44e6-9f8f-e0b6bc5031ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).