---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence."
description: "Relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Texas SB 234 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deshotel", "Herrero", "Meza", "Morrison", "Nelson", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a65b83f-89bc-440c-843a-a9c8d32a8cc0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 234.xml"
source_hash: "87b5008e6b432b0dd16a7b7e4314db1cef06214e5b578851e93716986c1ff483"
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 234 (86) — Relating to the right to vacate and avoid residential lease liability following the occurrence of family violence.

## 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/SB00234I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** House passage reported
- **2019-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** 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/1a65b83f-89bc-440c-843a-a9c8d32a8cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).