HB 4877 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association.

HB 4877 amends Texas insurance law to clarify the scope of the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. It adds specific exclusions from the Association's coverage, including credit insurance, title insurance, government-guaranteed policies, and certain risk-transfer transactions (Section 2). The bill also clarifies that "claimant" includes workers' compensation claimants (Section 1) and reorganizes the Association's financial accounts by insurance line (Section 5). These changes directly affect policyholders making claims, insurers offering excluded coverages, and the Association's administrative operations, without creating new benefits or altering consumer protections.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025 Last action May 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 7, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association by renumbering sections, clarifying the definition of 'Claimant' to include liability and workers' compensation claimants, and reorganizing the list of insurance types excluded from coverage. It also adds a new provision to Section 462.309(a) regarding the stay of proceedings to allow the association to properly defend pending causes of action.
Scope change
The bill maintains the same substantive scope but reorganizes the structure of the Insurance Code sections, adding a new provision for defending pending legal actions and clarifying claimant definitions.
DEFINITION

Clarified the definition of 'Claimant' to explicitly include persons instituting liability claims and workers' compensation claimants.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new provision allowing the association to stay pending legal proceedings for a six-month period to properly defend against claims.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized and renumbered sections of the Insurance Code for clarity and consistency.

Floor votes · House May 7, 2025

How they voted

1410
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 143
May 7, 2025
D Democratic60
60 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican83
81 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
2
May 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business & Commerce
upper
May 8, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 8, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Dennis Paul
Dennis Paul
RRepublican
TX
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