republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-207.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the exclusion of certain conveyances from classification as sham or pretended sales."
description: "Relating to the exclusion of certain conveyances from classification as sham or pretended sales."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Texas HB 207 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Homestead (I0616)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lambert", "Middleton", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb051ec-3c97-4edf-89f7-92a7bb1e5b9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00200_HB00299/HB 207.xml"
source_hash: "53d5c1a6c512542bdca97fbdb8e1583f3cd3cb8e0feb34f8b647ad61969b63a7"
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 207 (88) — Relating to the exclusion of certain conveyances from classification as sham or pretended sales.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00207I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00207E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00207H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00207S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00207F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 207 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lambert — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** No action taken in committee
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-09** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb051ec-3c97-4edf-89f7-92a7bb1e5b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).