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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations."
+description: "Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 711"
+citation: "Texas SB 711 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INTERNET (S0130)", "Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)", "RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS (S0299)", "TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION (V4353)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bhojani", "Gerdes", "Hughes", "Patterson", "Turner"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62619c48-b878-4c72-84d5-6c010af70433"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 711.xml"
+source_hash: "1a002ff2f4833b1a014a6f43f25ba3bbb9acedcdd8667052083ac06e7f4e7d5b"
+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 711 (89R) — Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations.
+
+## 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/SB00711I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00711E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00711H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00711S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00711F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bhojani — primary (person)
+- Gerdes — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Turner — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-07** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **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** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-17** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-28** Record vote
+- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Record vote
+- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-29** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** 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/62619c48-b878-4c72-84d5-6c010af70433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+