---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a right of first refusal applicable to the sale of housing developments that have received certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs."
description: "Relating to a right of first refusal applicable to the sale of housing developments that have received certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Texas SB 403 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V0008)", "Housing--General (I0405)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gervin-Hawkins", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae33979-34b2-4605-8b35-bce4830e4ff2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 403.xml"
source_hash: "91d7e84eb2e2603cf166e180d3a66d67ecdc4bd121c95b45937df0b8e47ac485"
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 SB 403 (87) — Relating to a right of first refusal applicable to the sale of housing developments that have received certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.

## 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/SB00403I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00403E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00403H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00403S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00403F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **87–59** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** 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/fae33979-34b2-4605-8b35-bce4830e4ff2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).