---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain procedural requirements for public improvement districts and transfers of property located in public improvement districts."
description: "Relating to certain procedural requirements for public improvement districts and transfers of property located in public improvement districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1543"
citation: "Texas HB 1543 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous (I0770)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de0ef22-652c-489a-bc20-d2828651cfca"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1543.xml"
source_hash: "e0f839e065d1d9c20304860550bd6cdb4186cf9c2460fdb3678130ec4ff83e23"
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 1543 (87) — Relating to certain procedural requirements for public improvement districts and transfers of property located in public improvement districts.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01543I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01543E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01543H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01543S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01543F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-08** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3de0ef22-652c-489a-bc20-d2828651cfca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).