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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property or of a road or highway."
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description: "Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property or of a road or highway."
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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: "SB 219"
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citation: "Texas SB 219 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE (S0026)", "BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS (S0106)", "CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS (S0457)", "ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING (S1313)", "Oil & Gas (I0545)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Holland", "Hughes", "Leach", "Lucio III"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 59
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-11-30"
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last_action: "2021-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5e997f-00a8-42d3-8955-9ba76fd5f990"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 219.xml"
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source_hash: "c86844cc310ba6b01e5fb4c011e62302284717e2ed6103e5e25251e6bee9a86c"
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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 SB 219 (87) — Relating to civil liability and responsibility for the consequences of defects in the plans, specifications, or related documents for the construction or repair of an improvement to real property or of a road or highway.
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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/SB00219I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00219E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00219H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00219S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00219F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **113–27** (pass) · lower
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- other — **11–19** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Holland — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Lucio III — primary (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-30** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-11-30** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-04-08** Amendment fails of adoption
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-13** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Record vote
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- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-18** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Read
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-16** 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/9d5e997f-00a8-42d3-8955-9ba76fd5f990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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