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Bill Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 1578 Texas HB 1578 (87)
bill
ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Corporations & Associations (I0090)
enacted
Hughes
Landgraf
Meyer
Spiller
Vasut
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1578 (87) — Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1430 (pass) · lower
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 13510 (fail) · upper
  • passage — 13510 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Landgraf — primary (person)
  • Meyer — primary (person)
  • Spiller — primary (person)
  • Vasut — primary (person)
  • Cook — cosponsor (person)
  • Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-04 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-08 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-08 Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-17 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-03-17 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-03-17 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-03-24 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-24 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-03-24 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-01 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-01 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-06 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2021-04-15 Considered in Calendars
  • 2021-04-19 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2021-04-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-19 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-19 Passed to engrossment as amended
  • 2021-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-20 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-20 Passed as amended passage
  • 2021-04-20 Record vote
  • 2021-04-20 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-20 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-04-21 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-05-06 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-05-06 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2021-05-10 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-05-10 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-10 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-10 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-05-10 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-13 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-20 Not again placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-22 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-24 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2021-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-24 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2021-05-24 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-24 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  • 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-24 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-24 Record vote
  • 2021-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-24 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-24 Record vote
  • 2021-05-26 Senate passage as amended reported
  • 2021-05-26 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2021-05-26 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  • 2021-05-28 Record vote
  • 2021-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-28 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  • 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  • 2021-05-29 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-30 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-31 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-31 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-15 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/040a2ad5-1717-4cae-95df-d39fb708beea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).