---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges."
description: "Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1455"
citation: "Texas SB 1455 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "INSURANCE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0006)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Labor--Workers' Compensation (I0470)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "Taxation--General (I0815)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagenbuch", "Hefner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12f1b3e0-6632-4fcc-85b5-ea566ade8541"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1455.xml"
source_hash: "2604ecdd25152f33eaeb24df8f54d1fb558e0a046e45abc05cacabf739d9cd3c"
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 1455 (89R) — Relating to the funding mechanism for the regulation of workers' compensation and workers' compensation insurance; authorizing surcharges.

## 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/SB01455I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01455E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01455H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01455S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01455F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–17** (pass) · lower
- passage — **134–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 1/1/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12f1b3e0-6632-4fcc-85b5-ea566ade8541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).