HB 271: Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers
GENERAL BILL by Valdés
Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers; Provides duties of certain foreign & alien bail bond insurers relating to reporting bail bond premiums to OIR, keeping records of considerations paid for bail bonds written by insurers, & disclosing certain information in financial statements filed with office.
Senate Committee References:
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/28/2025 House • Filed
11/4/2025 House • Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/27/2026 House • Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
1/29/2026 House • Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• Now in Commerce Committee
1/30/2026 House • Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2/3/2026 House • Favorable by Commerce Committee
• Reported out of Commerce Committee
• Bill released to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/10/2026 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
2/17/2026 House • Read 2nd time
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 1
2/17/2026 Senate • In Messages
2/18/2026 Senate • Referred to Rules
• Received
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HB 271, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/28/2025 at 10:52 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2026 (pdf)
Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 642 Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers Burgess Identical Last Action: 2/12/2026 S Now in Rules 
Floor Votes (1)
Date Chamber Result 2/17/2026 2:42 PM House 107 Yeas - 1 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 624.4094 Bail bond premiums. Page 1 (pdf)