---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a tax warrant."
description: "Relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a tax warrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "Texas HB 533 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Lambert", "Shine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-12"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfed7a7-9d78-42dc-869e-85f010664769"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 533.xml"
source_hash: "98a43da10e508c04102f0bb00a0f6ac67a56e96c3f1ff7558f54147cc3e0b7e4"
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 533 (87) — Relating to ad valorem tax sales of personal property seized under a tax warrant.

## 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/HB00533I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00533E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00533H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00533S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00533F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Shine — primary (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 Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-11** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-11** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** 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/3cfed7a7-9d78-42dc-869e-85f010664769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).