Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to settle certain claims.
Texas Senate Bill 1919 changes the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) authority to settle certain claims. It lowers the financial threshold from $100,000 to $10,000 for TxDOT to settle claims where it might be liable under state law, without requiring additional approvals. The bill requires TxDOT’s director to determine that a settlement is in the department’s best interest. This directly affects TxDOT and individuals or entities filing smaller claims against the agency. The change takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025
Last action May 26, 2025
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The bill text has been reformatted and reorganized from its original introduced version to an engrossed version. The substantive content of the legislation remains unchanged, with the same provisions regarding the Texas Department of Transportation's authority to settle claims under specific conditions.
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The bill text was reformatted with updated headers, spacing, and line breaks, but no substantive policy changes were made to the legislation itself.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
10
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Transportation
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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