---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola."
description: "Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3526"
citation: "Texas HB 3526 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Energy--Solar (I0316)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raymond", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c30e280-d9ce-4f7c-acb8-8167358d6af5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3526.xml"
source_hash: "f443eaa17a2538ec1939e3cd473a77c2a1522dad232ade2b1ae2c8c828c11376"
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 3526 (88) — Relating to the application of a municipal building code to the construction of a solar pergola.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03526I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03526F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raymond — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Record vote
- **2023-05-15** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c30e280-d9ce-4f7c-acb8-8167358d6af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).