Bill	Session	Author & Sponsor	Caption	Committees	Last action
HB 589	86-0 (2019)	Author: Deshotel, Joe \| et. al.	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens; authorizing a fee; changing the eligibility for community supervision.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in committee
HB 1918	86-0 (2019)	Author: Murphy, Jim	Relating to the discharge of mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry	Referred to Business & Industry
HB 3498	86-0 (2019)	Author: Burrows, Dustin	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in committee
SB 845	86-0 (2019)	Author: Hughes, Bryan	Relating to the discharge of mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 3065	85-0 (2017)	Author: Deshotel, Joe \| et. al.	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens; authorizing a fee; changing the eligibility for community supervision.	House: Business & Industry	Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 1506	85-0 (2017)	Author: Hinojosa, Juan	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens; authorizing a fee; changing the eligibility for community supervision.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 3611	84-0 (2015)	Author: Krause, Matt	Relating to the notice of default required under a deed of trust or other contract lien on real property.	House: Business & Industry	Referred to Business & Industry
HB 855	83-0 (2013)	Author: Lucio III, Eddie \| et. al.	Relating to a security services contractor's lien.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in committee
HB 991	83-0 (2013)	Author: Carter, Stefani	Relating to imposing liens for labor and materials provided by interior designers.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in committee
HB 3553	83-0 (2013)	Author: Oliveira, René	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry	Referred to Business & Industry
SB 1281	83-0 (2013)	Author: Rodríguez, José	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 346	82-0 (2011)	Author: Kleinschmidt, Tim	Relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in certain proceedings concerning mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry	Laid on the table subject to call
HB 456	82-0 (2011)	Author: Lucio III, Eddie	Relating to a security services contractor's lien.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in committee
HB 1456	82-0 (2011)	Author: Orr, Rob Sponsor: Deuell, Bob	Relating to the waiver and release of a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien or payment bond claim and to the creation of a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien for certain landscaping.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce	Effective on 1/1/12
HB 1860	82-0 (2011)	Author: Deshotel, Joe	Relating to waiver of priority for removables in certain mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien claims.	House: Business & Industry	Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 539	82-0 (2011)	Author: Carona, John Sponsor: Kleinschmidt, Tim	Relating to the award of costs and attorney's fees in certain proceedings concerning mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce	Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1332	82-0 (2011)	Author: Deuell, Bob	Relating to the waiver and release of a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien or payment bond claim.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Committee report printed and distributed
HB 669	81-0 (2009)	Author: Solomons, Burt \| et. al. Sponsor: Harris, Chris	Relating to liability arising out of the filing of a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Jurisprudence	Effective on 9/1/09
HB 3400	81-0 (2009)	Author: Darby, Drew	Relating to certain construction liens under the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act.	House: Business & Industry	Left pending in subcommittee
SB 1532	81-0 (2009)	Author: Hegar, Glenn	Relating to certain construction liens under the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 734	80-0 (2007)	Author: Chisum, Warren \| et. al.	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	House: Business & Industry	Companion considered in lieu of in committee
SB 324	80-0 (2007)	Author: Deuell, Bob \| et. al. Sponsor: Chisum, Warren	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce	Effective on 9/1/07
SB 650	80-0 (2007)	Author: Carona, John	Relating to prompt payment of contractors and subcontractors under a contract to improve real property.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 629	79-0 (2005)	Author: Solomons, Burt \| et. al. Sponsor: Brimer, Kim	Relating to notice required for a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien in certain circumstances.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce	Effective on 9/1/05
HB 1146	79-0 (2005)	Author: Chisum, Warren \| et. al. Sponsor: Averitt, Kip	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce	Committee report printed and distributed
SB 1444	79-0 (2005)	Author: Averitt, Kip \| et. al.	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Co-author authorized
HB 541	78-0 (2003)	Author: Chisum, Warren \| et. al.	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	House: Business & Industry	Placed on Major State Calendar
SB 256	78-0 (2003)	Author: Harris, Chris \| et. al.	Relating to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Left pending in committee
SB 551	78-0 (2003)	Author: Harris, Chris	Relating to the priority of a construction lender's lien over a mechanic's lien.	Senate: Jurisprudence	Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 2055	77-0 (2001)	Author: Coleman, Garnet	Relating to damages for liability actions in residential construction.	House: Civil Practices	Referred to Civil Practices
SB 623	77-0 (2001)	Author: Duncan, Robert	Relating to damages for liability actions in residential construction.	Senate: Business & Commerce	No action taken in committee
SB 1495	77-0 (2001)	Author: Wentworth, Jeff	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.	Senate: Business & Commerce	Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 2054	76-0 (1999)	Author: Solomons, Burt Sponsor: Shapleigh, Eliot	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, and materialmen's liens.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Economic Development	Effective on 9/1/99
HB 3352	76-0 (1999)	Author: Ritter, Allan	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.	House: Business & Industry	Referred to Business & Industry
SB 1269	76-0 (1999)	Author: Wentworth, Jeff	Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.	Senate: Economic Development	Left pending in committee
SB 1274	76-0 (1999)	Author: Wentworth, Jeff Sponsor: Brimer, Kim	Relating to certain procedures involving retainage payments to real property construction subcontractors.	House: Business & Industry Senate: Economic Development	Withdrawn from calendar
HB 896	70-0 (1987)	Author: Staniswalis, Chip	Relating to the regulation and management of high-level radioactive waste.	House: Environmental Affairs	1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
HB 986	70-0 (1987)	Author: Willy, John	Relating to the period for giving notice of certain claims to general contractors.	House: Business & Commerce	Referred to subcommittee
HB 1504	70-0 (1987)	Author: Wolens, Steven Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith	Relating to the sale of real property under a power of sale conferred by a contract lien.	House: Business & Commerce Senate: Jurisprudence	Effective on 1/1/88
HB 1964	70-0 (1987)	Author: Moreno, Alex Sponsor: Tejeda, Frank	Relating to the authority of a public housing authority to accept a contractor's letter of credit in lieu of a performance bond and payment bond.	House: Business & Commerce Senate: Economic Development	Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
HB 2478	70-0 (1987)	Author: Smith, Terral	Relating to the revision of Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code.	House: Business & Commerce	Reported from s/c fav. w/o amdt(s)
HB 378	69-0 (1985)	Author: Bush, Bob	Relating to the notices and affidavit required for perfecting a lien on certain contract funds retained by the owner of real property for work performed on the property.	House: Judicial Affairs	Referred to Judicial Affairs
HB 1892	69-0 (1985)	Author: Oliver, Jesse	Relating to disclosure requirements of certain home improvement contracts.	House: Business & Commerce	Referred to subcommittee
HB 1767	68-0 (1983)	Author: Oliveira, René	Relating to contractors' bonds and subcontractors' liens for certain public contracts.	House: Business & Commerce	Coauthor authorized
HB 2084	67-0 (1981)	Author: Pierce, George	Relating to liens on oil and mineral property.	House: Energy Resources	Referred to subcommittee
HB 17	66-0 (1979)	Author: Green, Gene	Relating to a performance bond by a contractor or builder who secures a lien on a homestead improvements, repairs, or additions to the homestead; providing a penalty.	House: Business & Industry	Reported from subcommittee unfavorably
HB 18	66-0 (1979)	Author: Green, Gene	Relating to contracts creating a liens on homesteads for labor and materials used in constructing improvements on the homestead.	House: Business & Industry	Scheduled for future calendar placement
HJR 107	66-0 (1979)	Author: Salinas, Froy	Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit certain liens for work and material used for improvements on a homestead.	House: Constitutional Amendments	Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments
SJR 50	66-0 (1979)	Author: Vale, Bob	Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit certain liens for work materials used for improvements on a homestead.	Senate: State Affairs	Referred to Committee on State Affairs
HB 1087	62-0 (1971)	Author: Grant, Ben Z.	Relating to laborer's, contractor's, and materialman's liens.
SB 85	62-0 (1971)	Author: McKool, Mike	Relating to the filing of a performance bond by a contractor or builder who makes improvements, repairs, or additions to a homestead and who secures a lien on the homestead; providing a penalty.
HB 812	58-0 (1963)	Author: Stollenwerck, Henry	Relating to providing that those persons entitled to a lien hereunder may have said lien to secure an amount whom they are in privity of contract could claim.
SB 107	57-0 (1961)	Author: Hardeman, Dorsey B.	Relating to liens for persons, firms, lumber dealers or corporations, artisans, laborers, mechanics, subcontractors who labor, specially fabricate material or furnish labor or material for certain construction or repair works; creating liens to support payment; fixing the effective date of this Act and prescribing the contracts to which it applies and the contracts which shall continue to be governed by the law heretofore applicable.
HB 344	56-0 (1959)	Author: McGregor, Frank Bobbitt \| et. al.	Relating to the requirement of performance and payment bonds by public contractors and claims and liens thereunder for materials and labor.
SB 183	56-0 (1959)	Author: Secrest, Jarrard	Relating to the requirement of performance and payment bonds by public contractors and claims and liens thereunder for materials and labor.
HB 123	55-0 (1957)	Author: Strickland, Robert L. "Bob" \| et. al.	Relating to liens of mechanics, laborers, contractors, and materialmen.
SB 91	55-0 (1957)	Author: Lock, Ottis E.	Relating to liens of mechanics, laborers, contractors, and materialmen; pertaining to the manner of fixing and securing liens, the rights of parties, and defining the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of parties affected thereby.
HB 448	54-0 (1955)	Author: Pipkin, Maurice Snow "Pip" \| et. al.	Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to liens of mechanics, contractors, and materialmen, so as to extend the definition of the word "improvement" to include application of chemicals to trees, crops or range land.
HB 521	54-0 (1955)	Author: Cole, Criss	Relating to liens in connection with oil and mineral developments and operations; changing the period for filing of statements with the county clerk by journeymen, day laborers, and other persons from three months to six months after the indebtedness accrues.
SB 189	53-0 (1953)	Author: Bracewell, Jr., Joseph Searcy	Relating to amending Statutes so as to provide six (6) months instead of four (4) as the filing time limit for original contractors, prescribe information to be contained in affidavit for lien, and provide for conclusive presumption of furnishing under a single contract under certain circumstances.
HB 511	52-0 (1951)	Author: Kilgore, Joe Madison \| et. al.	Relating to amending certain statutes so as to define the word "improvement" as used in said Article to include grubbing out of domestic orchards, replacing trees, pruning, cultivating, and caring for orchard trees.
SB 458	42-0 (1931)	Author: Oneal, Benjamin Grady "Ben"	Relating to amending certain Acts to allow a lien in favor of any person, firm or corporation who may furnish any material, apparatus, fixtures, machinery, labor, supplies, repairs or render any service to contractors or persons making public improvements.
HB 98	42-3 (1932)	Author: Hubbard, Robert Moss	Relating to amending certain acts relating to liens against contractors for public improvement.
HB 462	41-0 (1929)	Author: Hardy, Bailey Whitson	Relating to liens in connection with oil wells, mines, etc.
HB 478	41-0 (1929)	Author: Purl, George Clark	Relating to providing more adequate and better regulations and provisions in connection with bonds where a person or persons, firm or corporation enter into a formal contract with this State, or its counties, or school districts, or any other subdivision thereof, or any municipality therein, for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work.
SB 153	41-2 (1929)	Author: Gainer, Charles Salter	Relating to filing bond on presentation of certain claims.
HB 191	39-0 (1925)	Author: Jacks, Nathaniel Green \| et. al.	Relating to creating a lien in favor of any person, firm or corporation who may furnish any material, apparatus, fixtures, machinery or labor to contractors who contract for public improvements.	House: State Affairs
SB 123	39-0 (1925)	Author: Davis, John	Relating to creating a lien in favor of any person, firm or corporation who may furnish any material, apparatus, fixtures, machinery or labor, to contractors who contract for public improvements.	Senate: Civil Jurisprudence
HB 83	35-0 (1917)	Author: Holland, Robert H.	Relating to amending law relating to laborers' and mechanics' liens.
HB 137	34-0 (1915)	Author: Lewelling, Dwight Lyman	Relating to amending certain laws providing for builder's and materialmen's and laborer's liens for entire amount of value of labor and material.
HB 140	34-0 (1915)	Author: Calhoun, Benjamin A.	Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to builder's and materialmen's and laborer's liens for entire amount of value of material and labor.
SB 79	34-0 (1915)	Author: McNealus, James Clayton	Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to materialmen's and laborers' liens on buildings, etc.
HB 438	33-0 (1913)	Author: Haxthausen, Sr., August (Von) \| et. al.	Relating to protecting materialmen, artisans, mechanics, and laborers for material furnished or labor performed on any buildings, improvements, fixtures or articles whatsoever.
SB 284	24-0 (1895)		Relating to the liens of mechanics, contractors, sub-contractors, builders, laborers, and material men.
HB 47	22-1 (1892)		Relating to providing for the speedy and efficient enforcement of the liens of mechanics, contractors, sub-contractors, builders, laborers, and material men.
SB 55	21-0 (1889)		Relating to providing for the speedy and efficient enforcement of the liens of mechanics, contractors, subcontractors, builders, laborers, and material men.
HB 85	19-0 (1885)		Relating to amending certain articles of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, relating to mechanics', contractors', builders' and material mens' liens.

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