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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption."
+description: "Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2535"
+citation: "Texas HB 2535 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "FOOD (S0761)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Burrows", "Guillen", "Perry", "Sanford", "Spiller"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a3b5b6-5ca6-45a9-ad6c-3bd538c01a29"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2535.xml"
+source_hash: "62dc2ee16e28daca733ca9e4a46578eaf3645b4c3a1ee6671876115d299acc8d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2535 (87) — Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailes — primary (person)
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Spiller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35a3b5b6-5ca6-45a9-ad6c-3bd538c01a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+