---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays."
description: "Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 581"
citation: "Texas SB 581 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Religion (I0646)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Creighton", "Kolkhorst", "Schofield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcaff690-c135-48fd-b2b0-2f3ae06833aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 581.xml"
source_hash: "2103515eebdc8df2a033a15b4c25329f590f4c92fde70f4fa7938773880aa0e8"
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 581 (87) — Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.

## 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/SB00581I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00581E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00581H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00581S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00581F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-06** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Record vote
- **2021-04-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-07** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-31** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcaff690-c135-48fd-b2b0-2f3ae06833aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).