---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property."
description: "Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4170"
citation: "Texas HB 4170 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756bc079-5126-4a93-97d0-a5205e404eea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4170.xml"
source_hash: "1f871d9e13c8d96a7c6188530dcda35d10f8bef35b4fedad5b32462d14522208"
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 4170 (89R) — Relating to venue in certain actions involving private transfer fees for real property.

## 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/HB04170I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04170E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04170H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04170S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04170F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-10** Record vote
- **2025-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** 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/756bc079-5126-4a93-97d0-a5205e404eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).