From 100 miles off the coast to outside the first tier coastal counties.
The bill changes the home-location rule for three seats on the board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Today those three members must live more than 100 miles from the Texas coastline; under the bill they only have to live outside the first tier coastal counties. That lets people who live closer to the coast, in counties just inland, fill the seats meant for non-coastal members starting September 1, 2025.
Labels
Labels: CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Ann Johnson (D) in the House. Lead sponsor Mayes Middleton (R) in the Senate. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.QUICK READ: 91 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 91 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas
Windstorm Insurance Association.
WHAT IT DOES
From 100 miles off the coast to outside the first tier coastal counties.
The bill changes the home-location rule for three seats on the board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Today those three members must live more than 100 miles from the Texas coastline; under the bill they only have to live outside the first tier coastal counties. That lets people who live closer to the coast, in counties just inland, fill the seats meant for non-coastal members starting September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 2213 (Middleton) Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 2213 (Middleton) Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to third reading. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
HB 2213 (Middleton) Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Insurance · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
Insurance--Property & Casualty
WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, TEXAS
Text
The text as introduced · 91 words
89R5507 DNC-D
By: Johnson
H.B. No. 2213
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas
Windstorm Insurance Association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2210.102(d), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) Three members must reside in an area of this state that
is located outside the first tier coastal counties [ more than 100
miles from the Texas coastline ].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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