--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the landowner compensation program." description: "Relating to the landowner compensation program." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "89R" identifier: "SB 2601" citation: "Texas SB 2601 (89R)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Agriculture (I0020)", "BORDER (S0045)", "Crimes--Against Property (I0175)", "Insurance--Insurers & Agents (I0425)", "Insurance--Property & Casualty (I0442)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Guillen"] version_count: 5 action_count: 74 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-03-13" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18206f55-0ec1-42c1-836e-e1d2ca441fd4" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02600_SB02699/SB 2601.xml" source_hash: "6b869ddff79542c345fd3570819a80712f7c693b28bc576d3e6f8624624ede3a" 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 2601 (89R) — Relating to the landowner compensation program. ## 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/SB02601I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02601E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02601H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02601S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02601F.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **129–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **129–0** (pass) · lower - passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper - passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower - passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Blanco — primary (person) - Guillen — primary (person) - Birdwell — cosponsor (person) - Eckhardt — cosponsor (person) - Flores — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person) - Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person) - Zaffirini — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction` - **2025-03-13** Filed `filing` - **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-04-03** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee` - **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing - **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee - **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee - **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar - **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed - **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar - **2025-04-24** Co-author authorized - **2025-04-24** Not again 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 State Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing - **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee - **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting - **2025-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution` - **2025-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing` - **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed - **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars - **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar - **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading - **2025-05-22** Record vote - **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-05-23** Passed `passage` - **2025-05-23** Record vote - **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage` - **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate - **2025-05-26** Read - **2025-05-26** Senate refuses to concur - **2025-05-26** Senate requests conference committee - **2025-05-26** Senate appoints conferees - **2025-05-26** Senate refuses to concur-reported - **2025-05-26** Senate requests conference committee-reported - **2025-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported - **2025-05-27** House grants request for conference committee - **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees - **2025-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported - **2025-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported - **2025-05-29** Conference committee report filed `filing` - **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed - **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-30** Record vote - **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-31** Record vote - **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled` - **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage` - **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage` - **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **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/18206f55-0ec1-42c1-836e-e1d2ca441fd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).