---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the rule against perpetuities."
description: "Relating to the rule against perpetuities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "Texas HB 654 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--General (I0620)", "Property Interests--Trusts (I0008)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Burrows", "Johnson", "Leach", "Lucio III"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-11-24"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f3ddd4-1fe7-422d-9bf5-c6c8000e47f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 654.xml"
source_hash: "53bf9db2fb8389dcb1a6d4f0ef11193e90fa6f02c22d7e4e2dcf64804d6d1992"
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 654 (87) — Relating to the rule against perpetuities.

## 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/HB00654I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00654E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00654H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00654S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00654F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–9** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **135–8** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allison — primary (person)
- Burrows — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Lucio III — primary (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-03** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-04** Motion to suspend regular order of business
- **2021-05-04** Motion withdrawn
- **2021-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-11** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-11** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-18** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** 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/46f3ddd4-1fe7-422d-9bf5-c6c8000e47f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).