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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.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/6/2026 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. 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
2/6/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building