---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice required in connection with possessory liens on certain motor vehicles."
description: "Relating to notice required in connection with possessory liens on certain motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2879"
citation: "Texas HB 2879 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Landgraf", "Seliger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65bed479-2cea-49ab-8278-e5b139e046c8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2879.xml"
source_hash: "f9a5423ca28747436b75387a220031b9acca73ef1dfe51784e09c3394109ec94"
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 2879 (87) — Relating to notice required in connection with possessory liens on certain motor vehicles.

## 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/HB02879I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02879E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02879H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02879S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02879F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** 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/65bed479-2cea-49ab-8278-e5b139e046c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).