---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the maximum judgment amount awarded by a justice court in certain civil cases regarding the repair of residential rental property."
description: "Relating to the maximum judgment amount awarded by a justice court in certain civil cases regarding the repair of residential rental property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Texas SB 1259 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d00370e-ef2b-459e-805b-0bfd05410105"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1259.xml"
source_hash: "1bfaf600ac733ef2de2be9bf30be12662c9bbc4a45856d530e1b0057f6c6c426"
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 1259 (88) — Relating to the maximum judgment amount awarded by a justice court in certain civil cases regarding the repair of residential rental property.

## 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/SB01259I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01259E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01259H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01259S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01259F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/6d00370e-ef2b-459e-805b-0bfd05410105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).