---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property."
description: "Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2173"
citation: "Texas SB 2173 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Assessment & Collection (I0798)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darby", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00ae6560-4c61-4f0e-a2ac-0b72be27b0c3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2173.xml"
source_hash: "9ae5f1b5c6d627dd744e6ce75b5c5d3f852aea045bf1b62bcfcc054f97df13a7"
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 SB 2173 (89R) — Relating to the effect of a tax certificate accompanying a transfer of certain 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/SB02173I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02173E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02173H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02173S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02173F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darby — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/00ae6560-4c61-4f0e-a2ac-0b72be27b0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).