---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings."
description: "Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 783"
citation: "Texas SB 783 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (S0426)", "Energy--Conservation (I0317)", "Environment--General (I0340)", "STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE (V0110)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "Utilities--Electric (I0831)", "Utilities--Water & Sewer (I0002)", "Water--Conservation (I097L)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Hernandez", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38bd7ce4-75bb-48f9-8877-8d347c7abb62"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 783.xml"
source_hash: "a01d5750a6f02cdc4b28b2c2a0e40fdfc6a3e375908c6a3de4cc89f1d3100146"
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 783 (89R) — Relating to certain regulations adopted by governmental entities for the construction or alteration of residential or commercial buildings.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00783I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00783E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00783H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00783S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00783F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **112–29** (pass) · lower
- passage — **92–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-07** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38bd7ce4-75bb-48f9-8877-8d347c7abb62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).