---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats."
description: "Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3699"
citation: "Texas HB 3699 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "City Government--Roads (I0066)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "PLATTING (S0285)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f92892bc-ad3d-40d9-949b-de0fd2e700c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3699.xml"
source_hash: "6fb7c79f5f6110a4cb18d6313e49301008b41a2e403bd8e2e3643f4de7f458e5"
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 3699 (88) — Relating to municipal regulation of subdivisions and approval of subdivision plans or plats.

## 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/HB03699I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03699E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03699H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03699S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03699F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **130–12** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Wilson — 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`
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-26** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/f92892bc-ad3d-40d9-949b-de0fd2e700c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).