Texas

Bills

Every bill and resolution in the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, from filing to law.

741 bills on housing and real estate Sort: Latest action Newest filed Number Title Furthest along
BillTitleWhere it standsLast action
HB 2421 Relating to the date of dissolution of the Save Historic Muny District. Donna Howard Became law Jun 22, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1968 Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain real estate professionals by the Texas Real Estate Commission. Charles Schwertner Became law Jun 22, 2025Effective on 1/1/26
SB 785 Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing. Pete Flores Became law Jun 22, 2025Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (September 1, 20…
SB 648 Relating to recording requirements for certain instruments concerning real property. Royce West Vetoed Jun 22, 2025Vetoed by the Governor
HB 5435 Relating to required lease terms for public property leased to a nongovernmental entity. Keith Bell Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 5323 Relating to the creation of the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee. Ken King Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4996 Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of refusal to execute the release of a fraudulent lien or claim. Paul Dyson Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4506 Relating to electronic delivery of notice for certain municipal zoning changes. Greg Bonnen Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
HB 4350 Relating to the omission or redaction of certain personal information from certain real property records. Giovanni Capriglione Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
HB 4236 Relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts. Trey Martinez Fischer Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4230 Relating to the establishment of a hike and bike trail to be known as the Bicentennial Trail. Will Metcalf Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4226 Relating to exemptions from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle for a vehicle purchased, used, or rented by a nonprofit food bank or a provider of housing and related services. Penny Morales Shaw Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4211 Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities. Candy Noble Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
HB 4170 Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property. Richard Hayes Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4163 Relating to the authority of a city to impose certain governmental requirements on an agricultural operation. Ryan Guillen Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 4063 Relating to the filing and release of record of a unilateral memorandum of contract concerning residential property. Claudia Ordaz Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3751 Relating to the transfer of certain real property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Trent Ashby Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3680 Relating to subdivision plat requirements in certain counties; authorizing a fee; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. Erin Gámez Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3597 Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities. Hillary Hickland Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3250 Relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies. Drew Darby Became law Jun 20, 2025See remarks for effective date
HB 3234 Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate construction and renovation of structures owned by certain counties. Philip Cortez Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3016 Relating to the circumstances in which a rental company may void a damage waiver for a rental vehicle. John Lujan Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 3005 Relating to the payment of funds under certain construction contracts. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 2835 Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings. Nathan Johnson Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2731 Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties. Sergio Muñoz, Jr. Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2559 Relating to the imposition by a municipality of a moratorium on property development in certain circumstances. Jared Patterson Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2525 Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by a charitable organization that is engaged in providing housing and related facilities and services to persons who are at least 62 years of … Drew Darby Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 1/1/26
SB 2477 Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. Paul Bettencourt Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2468 Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district. Cody Harris Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
SB 2139 Relating to the authority of the Texas Military Department to negotiate the release of a reversionary interest and certain other interests of the state in certain property in Palo Pinto County owned by the Palo Pinto Co… Phil King Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
SB 2137 Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. José Menéndez Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 2073 Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property. Judith Zaffirini Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2037 Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit. Drew Darby Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2025 Relating to the filing for record of a plat, replat, or amended plat or replat of a subdivision of real property or a condominium. Carl Tepper Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 2011 Relating to the right to repurchase from a condemning entity certain real property for which ad valorem taxes are delinquent. Cecil Bell Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1940 Relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured home classified as personal property at the owner's death. Bryan Hughes Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 1916 Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage. David Cook Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1883 Relating to the approval of land use assumptions, capital improvement plans, and impact fees. Paul Bettencourt Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1579 Relating to the appointment of a receiver for and sale of certain parcels of land that are abandoned, unoccupied, tax delinquent, and undeveloped in certain municipalities. César Blanco Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1567 Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units. Paul Bettencourt Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1547 Relating to fees charged by county clerks for certain property records. Judith Zaffirini Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
HB 1533 Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes. Angie Button Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1388 Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program. Lois Kolkhorst Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1333 Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creati… Bryan Hughes Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1242 Relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas State Technical College System. Brian Birdwell Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
SB 1121 Relating to excepting certain communication facilities from certain notice requirements for projects on state or local public land. Robert Nichols Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately
SB 841 Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property. Bryan Hughes Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 840 Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy. Bryan Hughes Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 718 Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility. Cecil Bell Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 710 Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities. Sarah Eckhardt Became law Jun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25

From Texas's official records. "Where it stands" is the furthest step a bill has reached; a bill still short of law when its session ended is shown as died.