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Bill Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease. Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 609 Texas HB 609 (88)
bill
Business & Commerce--General (I0050)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)
IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)
enacted
Middleton
Vasut
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bill
us-tx

Texas HB 609 (88) — Relating to the liability of a business owner or operator arising from the exposure of an individual to a pandemic disease.

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 — 1911 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1911 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 10439 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9848 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Middleton — primary (person)
  • Vasut — primary (person)
  • Bailes — cosponsor (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Hefner — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiller — cosponsor (person)
  • Tepper — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-11-14 Filed filing
  • 2023-02-23 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-02-23 Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence referral-committee
  • 2023-03-08 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-08 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-03-08 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-03-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-15 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-03-15 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-27 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-03-27 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-03-28 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-04-19 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-04-24 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-04-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-24 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-04-24 Record vote
  • 2023-04-24 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-25 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-25 Record vote
  • 2023-04-25 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-25 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-26 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-04-26 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-26 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-05-04 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-04 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-05-04 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-05 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-05 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-09 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-10 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-10 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-10 Record vote
  • 2023-05-10 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-10 Record vote
  • 2023-05-11 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-11 Record vote
  • 2023-05-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-11 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-11 Record vote
  • 2023-05-11 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-11 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-12 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-15 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-24 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0316e03a-5aa2-410e-a02d-0ee00f9cf45b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).