---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts."
description: "Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 687"
citation: "Texas SB 687 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "SURVEYORS (S6863)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-20"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feffdefe-f9e3-4dea-98dc-363f02df49de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 687.xml"
source_hash: "d33f398a7188fc7ef913b80ba9dbc422634e9062712305a1a13457efad6f697e"
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 687 (89R) — Relating to liability for land surveying services in or in connection with certain construction or services contracts.

## 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/SB00687I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00687E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00687H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00687S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00687F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Postponed
- **2025-05-19** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feffdefe-f9e3-4dea-98dc-363f02df49de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).