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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Texas SB 15 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT OF APPEALS", "TEXAS (VJ85R)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "Property Interests--General (I0620)", "Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Campbell", "Creighton", "Gates", "Gutierrez", "Hagenbuch", "Hughes", "Middleton", "Nichols", "Paxton", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 104
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986869ac-3aa7-4ff6-ae95-08969a1d98d0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 15.xml"
source_hash: "0a1987574becdab48a970baadad7cebfc6de8fc1da697266e550c5a9125ab24f"
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 15 (89R) — Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.
## 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/SB00015I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00015E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00015H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00015S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00015F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- passage — **7857** (pass) · lower
- passage — **7857** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 15 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **292** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8643** (pass) · lower
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **292** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8748** (pass) · lower
- passage — **292** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- Gutierrez — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-18** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-19** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Record vote
- **2025-03-19** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-24** Postponed
- **2025-05-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-25** Point of order sustained
- **2025-05-25** Returned to committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-25** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Point of order overruled
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/986869ac-3aa7-4ff6-ae95-08969a1d98d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).