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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights."
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description: "Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights."
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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 2730"
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citation: "Texas HB 2730 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Hughes", "Leach", "Meyer", "Moody", "Price"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-28"
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last_action: "2019-06-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a49a69e9-1f42-4814-8731-e7dce5c7df31"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2730.xml"
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source_hash: "57271124d9f23c846ea4703a3352a760976d9a52c7df70dd40f14abc56148f80"
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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 2730 (86) — Relating to civil actions involving the exercise of certain constitutional rights.
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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/HB02730I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Meyer — primary (person)
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- Moody — primary (person)
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- Price — primary (person)
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- Powell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-29** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-30** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-30** Passed as amended `passage`
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- **2019-04-30** Record vote
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- **2019-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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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** Remarks ordered printed
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- **2019-05-17** Remarks ordered printed
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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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- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-02** 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/a49a69e9-1f42-4814-8731-e7dce5c7df31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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