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Bill Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims. Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 HB 2416 Texas HB 2416 (87)
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ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
enacted
Gervin-Hawkins
Patterson
Powell
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bill
us-tx

Texas HB 2416 (87) — Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.

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 — 1440 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Patterson — primary (person)
  • Powell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-26 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-16 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-16 Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-31 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-03-31 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-04-08 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2021-04-08 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2021-04-08 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-15 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-04-16 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-04-16 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2021-05-08 Considered in Calendars
  • 2021-05-11 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2021-05-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-13 Passed to engrossment
  • 2021-05-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-14 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-14 Record vote
  • 2021-05-14 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-14 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-05-17 Received from the House introduction
  • 2021-05-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-05-17 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2021-05-20 Posting rule suspended
  • 2021-05-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-20 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2021-05-20 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-05-21 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-21 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-05-21 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2021-05-21 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-05-24 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-25 Not again placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-05-25 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-05-25 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-25 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-25 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-05-25 Record vote
  • 2021-05-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-25 Passed passage
  • 2021-05-25 Record vote
  • 2021-05-26 Senate passage reported
  • 2021-05-26 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-05-27 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-27 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-18 Filed without the Governor's signature became-law
  • 2021-06-18 Effective on 9/1/21 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fdba362-7414-4c46-915d-2e3cfcb2e96d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).