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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale by certain municipalities of leased land located near the shoreline of a lake."
description: "Relating to the sale by certain municipalities of leased land located near the shoreline of a lake."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 837"
citation: "Texas HB 837 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geren", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea16d1bf-d606-4f51-925d-804b2ef01d38"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 837.xml"
source_hash: "11bd3fa6b3b59f75b552b6f0a0fc41ffa68e37343ddfddca6e3b761be660e232"
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 837 (86) — Relating to the sale by certain municipalities of leased land located near the shoreline of a lake.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00837I.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Geren — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea16d1bf-d606-4f51-925d-804b2ef01d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).