---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity."
description: "Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Texas SB 726 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONDEMNATION (S0063)", "Property Interests--Eminent Domain (I0615)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Navigation & Ports (I0765)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Leman", "Miles", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Schwertner", "Seliger", "Springer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f0edcb9-c54e-4ff7-addc-48ad83a7f7bf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 726.xml"
source_hash: "160a3281482fd6d2d4539325c9857f0856676d3e3202ba3b09bab68b5d4585c4"
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 726 (87) — Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity.

## 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/SB00726I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00726F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **112–30** (pass) · lower
- passage — **91–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Record vote
- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-28** 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
- **2021-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-05-05** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/6f0edcb9-c54e-4ff7-addc-48ad83a7f7bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).