---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain."
description: "Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Texas HB 531 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FLOODS (S0327)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Hernandez", "Huffman", "Morales Shaw", "Walle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-12"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/594bf090-3e23-4636-8f18-0afdc4814ad2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 531.xml"
source_hash: "c7c8a790980d5f27992327ddfc7bad2a5ea7c577b033eea892811a8fb2514c66"
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 531 (87) — Relating to notice requirements for a leased dwelling located in a floodplain.

## 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/HB00531I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00531E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00531H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00531S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00531F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **94–52** (pass) · lower
- other — **94–52** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Walle — primary (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** 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 as amended reported
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-19** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/594bf090-3e23-4636-8f18-0afdc4814ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).