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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/12/2025 01:52 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 699 by Conerly Design Professional Contracts Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee	Compare

• Analyses (4)

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  • Judiciary (Pre-Meeting)  1/26/2026
  • Judiciary (Post-Meeting)  1/27/2026
  • Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting)  2/10/2026
  • Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting)  2/12/2026

• Committee Votes (2)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/27/2026 1:00 PM	S 888	Judiciary	10 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/11/2026 9:00 AM	S 888	Commerce and Tourism	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  725.08

  Design professional contracts; limitation in indemnification.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/12/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  1/27/2026	S	• Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 • Now in Commerce and Tourism
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  2/11/2026	S	• Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  2/12/2026	S	• Now in Rules
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Rules