---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property."
description: "Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3115"
citation: "Texas HB 3115 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "DEBT (S0116)", "Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Shine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64a21ce9-0cdb-4d83-a900-51d3ae88d93d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3115.xml"
source_hash: "5d02dee7a4147fcc677063b80aaef59c7b03ae1191910e5513957be95681b33a"
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 3115 (87) — Relating to the release of a judgment lien on homestead property.

## 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/HB03115I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03115F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **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
- **2021-05-21** 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
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/64a21ce9-0cdb-4d83-a900-51d3ae88d93d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).