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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property."
+description: "Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3115"
+citation: "Texas HB 3115 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "DEBT (S0116)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Shine"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-08"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64a21ce9-0cdb-4d83-a900-51d3ae88d93d"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3115.xml"
+source_hash: "5d02dee7a4147fcc677063b80aaef59c7b03ae1191910e5513957be95681b33a"
+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 3115 (87) — Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property.
+
+## 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/HB03115I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Shine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-19** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Record vote
+- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** 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
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64a21ce9-0cdb-4d83-a900-51d3ae88d93d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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