---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees regarding a residential tenant's failure to timely pay rent."
description: "Relating to fees regarding a residential tenant's failure to timely pay rent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1414"
citation: "Texas SB 1414 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock", "Phelan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc5c3af-8d8d-4b67-b59e-fd25ed38a9b1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1414.xml"
source_hash: "bd245a984b4ce6a7ce64d941446a8861e6b90498da12a1416611158f8b92ad17"
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 1414 (86) — Relating to fees regarding a residential tenant's failure to timely pay rent.

## 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/SB01414I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **94–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** No action taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fc5c3af-8d8d-4b67-b59e-fd25ed38a9b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).