---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption."
description: "Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2535"
citation: "Texas HB 2535 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "FOOD (S0761)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Burrows", "Guillen", "Perry", "Sanford", "Spiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a3b5b6-5ca6-45a9-ad6c-3bd538c01a29"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2535.xml"
source_hash: "62dc2ee16e28daca733ca9e4a46578eaf3645b4c3a1ee6671876115d299acc8d"
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 2535 (87) — Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of real property that includes certain improvements used for the noncommercial production of food for personal consumption.

## 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/HB02535I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02535F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **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`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage 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 1/1/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35a3b5b6-5ca6-45a9-ad6c-3bd538c01a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).