---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place and to a political subdivision's designation of property for camping by homeless individuals; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place and to a political subdivision's designation of property for camping by homeless individuals; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1925"
citation: "Texas HB 1925 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "HOMELESS (S0243)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Capriglione", "Geren", "Harless", "King, Phil", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 115
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b143de-bc67-4d41-aae1-570b34554279"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1925.xml"
source_hash: "76cd2ed9bd4c151b6009939fb750be69485363c014e86c8ddd00e9d0e3da593c"
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 1925 (87) — Relating to prohibitions on camping in a public place and to a political subdivision's designation of property for camping by homeless individuals; creating a criminal offense.

## 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/HB01925I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01925E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01925H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01925S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01925F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **101–45** (pass) · lower
- passage — **85–56** (pass) · lower
- other — **101–45** (fail) · upper
- passage — **88–56** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Leman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-04-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Vote reconsidered
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Postponed
- **2021-04-26** Laid out as postponed business
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-26** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-04-26** Record vote
- **2021-04-26** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-04-26** Recommitted to committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/f1b143de-bc67-4d41-aae1-570b34554279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).