---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises."
description: "Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Texas SB 38 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS (V1064)", "CONSTABLES (S2357)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)", "VIDEOCONFERENCING (S0216)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Blanco", "Button", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Geren", "Hagenbuch", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Kolkhorst", "Leach", "Middleton", "Moody", "Parker", "Paxton", "Smithee", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 89
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1130609-0b9c-477a-baa7-ca30adf6ae8f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 38.xml"
source_hash: "56f6d379dffcf930141c066f7057c0e899086c2e3a0cb23d598c31960fdde612"
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 38 (89R) — Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

## 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/SB00038I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00038F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **85–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **126–15** (pass) · lower
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **85–44** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Blanco — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Geren — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Fairly — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-13** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-24** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-24** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-28** Read
- **2025-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1130609-0b9c-477a-baa7-ca30adf6ae8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).