---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appointment of a receivership for and disposition of certain platted lots that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the appointment of a receivership for and disposition of certain platted lots that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1564"
citation: "Texas HB 1564 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BORDER (S0045)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "PLATTING (S0285)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Property Interests--General (I0620)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "González, Mary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627d65e3-c086-4747-84f0-caf332200039"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1564.xml"
source_hash: "20cfc10ffe02c9f0316c3be652a295f14343b38e65de1f735eb60e3cb3c233f0"
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 HB 1564 (87) — Relating to the appointment of a receivership for and disposition of certain platted lots that are abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped in certain counties.

## 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/HB01564I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01564E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01564H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01564S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01564F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-04** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** 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/627d65e3-c086-4747-84f0-caf332200039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).