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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
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description: "Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 259"
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citation: "Texas HB 259 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance--Motor Vehicles (I0435)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Insurance/Financial Responsibility (I0850)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Hancock", "Johnson, Julie", "Paul", "Thompson, Ed", "Turner, Chris"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-11-12"
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last_action: "2019-06-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 259.xml"
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source_hash: "e83d448a880440101acd40c67f0b17a457682f57e9f01e4680b756560ea376c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 259 (86) — Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00259I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **25–5** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **124–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
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- Hancock — primary (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
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- Paul — primary (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — primary (person)
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- Turner, Chris — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
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- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
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- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Wu — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-05** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-09** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-05** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e07efbe-1d07-446b-9a8b-6939f546b2ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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