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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property."
+description: "Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1734"
+citation: "Texas SB 1734 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "FRAUD (S0166)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bhojani", "Button", "Longoria", "Ordaz", "Richardson", "West"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-27"
+last_action: "2025-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf09195a-2040-410f-a439-f8fd58d3c823"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1734.xml"
+source_hash: "de84c88fdbb0913a7a8fe47d49e8ab75f763ad06cb4414e3f8883b6b28749f45"
+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 1734 (89R) — Relating to status of certain documents or instruments purporting to convey title to or an interest in real 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01734I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01734E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01734H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01734S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01734F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **121–18** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bhojani — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Ordaz — primary (person)
+- Richardson — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-13** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Record vote
+- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-15** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-20** Read
+- **2025-05-20** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-20** Record vote
+- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-21** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-30** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf09195a-2040-410f-a439-f8fd58d3c823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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