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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims."
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description: "Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2416"
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citation: "Texas HB 2416 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Patterson", "Powell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-26"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fdba362-7414-4c46-915d-2e3cfcb2e96d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2416.xml"
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source_hash: "d8f7a010eea2ce09c016fca0bce56530bb6f2f2ec535073a4297e27b39ada2a6"
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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 2416 (87) — Relating to the recovery of attorney's fees as compensatory damages for certain claims.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02416F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Powell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-16** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-04-16** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-11** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-14** Record vote
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- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-26** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-26** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/4fdba362-7414-4c46-915d-2e3cfcb2e96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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