---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the procedure for the sale by auction of real property pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien."
description: "Relating to the procedure for the sale by auction of real property pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2650"
citation: "Texas HB 2650 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "AUCTIONS & AUCTIONEERS (S0034)", "FORECLOSURES (S0194)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Goodwin", "Guillen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/618c26a6-0bc9-4986-9811-e4eafc106edd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2650.xml"
source_hash: "0a2a952331aa02b6600ee7030b29a8046006480b414dba529db1a869a9c31c77"
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 2650 (86) — Relating to the procedure for the sale by auction of real property pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02650I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Property Tax `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-14** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/618c26a6-0bc9-4986-9811-e4eafc106edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).