---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Texas SB 254 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EL PASO", "CITY OF (G0165)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "BORDER (S0045)", "SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS (S0109)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortega", "Rodríguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a76ca46c-7ef7-452e-9c3d-0c6156554bda"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 254.xml"
source_hash: "c41d7a9e3cf463e15ed765873c5198d493c7c72a6e5eb52846b2f55f537e9e8d"
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 254 (86) — Relating to court appointment of a receiver for a property that is in violation of certain ordinances in certain municipalities.

## 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/SB00254I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortega — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-12-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Record vote
- **2019-04-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a76ca46c-7ef7-452e-9c3d-0c6156554bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).