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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships."
description: "Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3603"
citation: "Texas HB 3603 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Corporations & Associations (I0090)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--General (I0160)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Martinez Fischer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48949735-607d-4cf6-8ff8-e8d6634ba22d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3603.xml"
source_hash: "f85720bcc0b13bffe62d13962b4a7efad76ae2f68aeb5275ba6edd6593d55785"
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 3603 (86) — Relating to derivative proceedings on behalf of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03603I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1460** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Postponed
- **2019-05-06** Laid out as postponed business
- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48949735-607d-4cf6-8ff8-e8d6634ba22d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).