SB 888: Professional Services Contracts
GENERAL BILL by Martin
Professional Services Contracts; Providing that a professional services contract between a design professional and a contracting party, rather than between a design professional and a public agency, may require the design professional to indemnify and hold harmless the contracting party, and its officers and employees, only against certain liability and damages; specifying that a professional services contract must require a design professional to perform to a certain level of professional skill and care; prohibiting a professional services contract from subjecting a design professional to a different standard of care, etc.
Last Action: 1/27/2026 Senate - Now in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Judiciary (JU)
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/12/2025 Senate • Filed
12/16/2025 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/22/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/27/2026 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• Now in Commerce and Tourism
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SB 888, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/12/2025 at 1:52 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/26/2026 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 699 Design Professional Contracts Conerly Compare Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/27/2026 1:00 PM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 725.08 Design professional contracts; limitation in indemnification. Page 2 (pdf)