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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity."
+description: "Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 726"
+citation: "Texas SB 726 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONDEMNATION (S0063)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Leman", "Miles", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-22"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f0edcb9-c54e-4ff7-addc-48ad83a7f7bf"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 726.xml"
+source_hash: "160a3281482fd6d2d4539325c9857f0856676d3e3202ba3b09bab68b5d4585c4"
+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 SB 726 (87) — Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity.
+
+## 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/SB00726I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **112–30** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **91–50** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — primary (person)
+- Buckingham — primary (person)
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Leman — primary (person)
+- Miles — primary (person)
+- Nichols — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Schwertner — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Springer — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-26** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-05** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **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
+- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-24** 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/6f0edcb9-c54e-4ff7-addc-48ad83a7f7bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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