republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1821.md

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Bill	Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.	Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	SB 1821	Texas SB 1821 (87)	bill	ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202) Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065) Lawyers (I0515)	enacted	Canales Huffman	5	42	1	2021-03-12	2021-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/acbb8d6b-bdaa-4fef-9a9f-03fed47da9e9	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1821.xml	bb653ab85ae9cfb1e7df219c34d3e542c214a3086d3ccb1bb4499c0c640e26c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 1821 (87) — Relating to procurement of a contingent fee contract for legal services by certain governmental entities.

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 — 145–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Canales — primary (person)
• Huffman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-12 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2021-03-12 Filed filing
• 2021-03-26 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-26 Referred to Jurisprudence referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2021-04-06 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-06 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-04-08 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-04-08 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-04-19 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
• 2021-04-19 Laid before the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
• 2021-04-19 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-04-19 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-04-19 Record vote
• 2021-04-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-19 Passed passage
• 2021-04-19 Record vote
• 2021-04-19 Reported engrossed
• 2021-04-20 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2021-04-21 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-21 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Considered in formal meeting
• 2021-04-22 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2021-04-30 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-05-01 Committee report distributed
• 2021-05-03 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-05-14 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-05-18 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2021-05-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-18 Passed to 3rd reading
• 2021-05-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-19 Passed passage
• 2021-05-19 Record vote
• 2021-05-19 House passage reported
• 2021-05-19 Reported enrolled
• 2021-05-20 Signed in the Senate
• 2021-05-20 Signed in the House
• 2021-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-07 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-07 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acbb8d6b-bdaa-4fef-9a9f-03fed47da9e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).