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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
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description: "Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 455"
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citation: "Texas SB 455 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance--General (I0445)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry", "Bryant", "Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra", "Johnson", "Middleton", "Morgan"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 54
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-11-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 455.xml"
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source_hash: "0e74c4f9d7b46f148186cd31ef5957a5c54a522bd05e6990a018b93ea3d91b04"
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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 455 (89R) — Relating to arbitration provisions in certain surplus lines insurance contracts.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00455I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00455F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **133–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry — primary (person)
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- Bryant — primary (person)
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- Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Middleton — primary (person)
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- Morgan — primary (person)
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- Alders — cosponsor (person)
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- Allen — cosponsor (person)
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- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
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- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
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- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Campos — cosponsor (person)
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- Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Curry — cosponsor (person)
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- Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
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- Dyson — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia, Linda — cosponsor (person)
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- Gates — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
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- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
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- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
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- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
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- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
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- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
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- Little — cosponsor (person)
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- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
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- Louderback — cosponsor (person)
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- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Luther — cosponsor (person)
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- Manuel — cosponsor (person)
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- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
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- McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
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- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Meza — cosponsor (person)
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- Money — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Olcott — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ordaz — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Perez, Mary Ann — cosponsor (person)
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- Perez, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
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- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Romero — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
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- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
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- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
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- Vo — cosponsor (person)
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- Ward Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
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- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-09** Record vote
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- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-10** Record vote
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- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-12** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-14** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-14** Read
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- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-14** Record vote
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- **2025-05-14** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-14** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-15** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-27** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2025-05-27** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/c9262542-a19b-48aa-9117-56f3a337104d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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