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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises."
+description: "Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 38"
+citation: "Texas SB 38 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)", "CONSTABLES (S2357)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Button", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Geren", "Hagenbuch", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Middleton", "Moody", "Parker", "Paxton", "Smithee", "Sparks"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 89
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1130609-0b9c-477a-baa7-ca30adf6ae8f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 38.xml"
+source_hash: "56f6d379dffcf930141c066f7057c0e899086c2e3a0cb23d598c31960fdde612"
+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 38 (89R) — Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.
+
+## 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/SB00038I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **85–49** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **126–15** (pass) · lower
+- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **85–44** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Campbell — primary (person)
+- Creighton — primary (person)
+- Geren — primary (person)
+- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Smithee — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Statement(s) submitted
+- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-13** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-14** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-24** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-24** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
+- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-24** Record vote
+- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-28** Read
+- **2025-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1130609-0b9c-477a-baa7-ca30adf6ae8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+