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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens."
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description: "Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 2237"
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citation: "Texas HB 2237 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS (S2563)", "CONTRACTORS' LIENS (S0357)", "MATERIALMEN'S LIENS (S0885)", "MECHANICS' LIENS (S0884)", "Property Interests--Mortgages & Liens (I0605)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Deshotel", "Johnson", "Romero, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-06-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3deed26b-2837-4787-9dab-2d9856633980"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2237.xml"
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source_hash: "ba89a8301dee75f761f1fef0bec9d925067dc342807df06aeecf507b052cdc88"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2237 (87) — Relating to mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's liens.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02237I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02237E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02237H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02237S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02237F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
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- other — **141–1** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **136–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Deshotel — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Romero, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-15** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-04-26** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-07** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-08** Record vote
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- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-22** Record vote
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- **2021-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2021-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-15** Effective on 1/1/22 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3deed26b-2837-4787-9dab-2d9856633980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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