---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property."
description: "Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2073"
citation: "Texas SB 2073 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/602298f8-03da-40b3-b084-93d6430c28fa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02000_SB02099/SB 2073.xml"
source_hash: "f7d87a324ce7021b5db3e7d1fbe6a9b8fdfe98a370aec0c0f467210f31906d68"
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 2073 (89R) — Relating to the authority of an appraisal district to purchase, finance the purchase of, or lease real property or construct or finance the construction of improvements to real property.

## 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/SB02073I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02073E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02073H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02073S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02073F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **75–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **93–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to s/c on Property Tax Appraisals by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Considered by s/c in public hearing
- **2025-05-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- **2025-05-01** Left pending in subcommittee
- **2025-05-07** Considered by s/c in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** 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/602298f8-03da-40b3-b084-93d6430c28fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).