---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors."
description: "Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2884"
citation: "Texas HB 2884 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Landgraf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e4d5b0-527e-4e4e-a758-f5c67ab07442"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2884.xml"
source_hash: "103dbe47497597c0a6f6a7a4aac902a255cca452b1e76c10844ee3d190c21cf6"
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 2884 (89R) — Relating to the required disclosure of certain financial relationships in civil actions regarding the activities of United States defense contractors.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB02884I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02884E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02884H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02884S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02884F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–5** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-14** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-14** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/b5e4d5b0-527e-4e4e-a758-f5c67ab07442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).