republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/sb-1679.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of an urban land bank by certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the creation of an urban land bank by certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1679"
citation: "Texas SB 1679 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Governor (I0375)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "Taxation--Property-Exemptions (I0793)", "URBAN LAND BANK PROGRAM FOR A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF TWO MILLION OR MORE (P0738)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Hernandez", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Morales, Christina", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e16f92d2-76b3-4693-a8ae-d38aaf026ec9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1679.xml"
source_hash: "7e7b985809ebe9e7de7312ed84153cddb838c870a8e871dfb0677dd82140a82c"
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 1679 (87) — Relating to the creation of an urban land bank by certain municipalities.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01679I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01679E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01679H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01679S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01679F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **77–65** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Perez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Thierry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-23** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e16f92d2-76b3-4693-a8ae-d38aaf026ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).