republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-17.md

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Bill	Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.	Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	89R	SB 17	Texas SB 17 (89R)	bill	ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811) Agriculture (I0020) Aliens (I0032) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (S0038) Property Interests--Real Property (I0595) SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)	enacted	Bettencourt Birdwell Campbell Creighton Flores Hagenbuch Hall Hefner Hinojosa, Adam Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" Huffman King Kolkhorst McQueeney Metcalf Middleton Parker Patterson Schwertner Sparks Spiller	5	148	9	2025-02-20	2025-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/6cc17dc1-077f-4356-8151-8989d2fb5035	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 17.xml	e478dcc4169a875b1693ae45edc447113cf8f6bfcfe3bf8e5339a41da456426b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 17 (89R) — Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• passage — 64–74 (pass) · lower
• passage — 24–7 (pass) · upper
• passage — 85–57 (pass) · upper
• passage — 86–59 (pass) · lower
• passage — 24–7 (pass) · upper
• passage — 23–8 (pass) · upper
• passage — 85–60 (pass) · lower
• passage — 85–57 (pass) · lower
• passage — 89–56 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bettencourt — primary (person)
• Birdwell — primary (person)
• Campbell — primary (person)
• Creighton — primary (person)
• Flores — primary (person)
• Hagenbuch — primary (person)
• Hall — primary (person)
• Hefner — primary (person)
• Hinojosa, Adam — primary (person)
• Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
• Huffman — primary (person)
• King — primary (person)
• Kolkhorst — primary (person)
• McQueeney — primary (person)
• Metcalf — primary (person)
• Middleton — primary (person)
• Parker — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Schwertner — primary (person)
• Sparks — primary (person)
• Spiller — primary (person)
• Alders — cosponsor (person)
• Ashby — cosponsor (person)
• Barry — cosponsor (person)
• Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
• Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
• Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
• Buckley — cosponsor (person)
• Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
• Cain — cosponsor (person)
• Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
• Cook — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Curry — cosponsor (person)
• Darby — cosponsor (person)
• DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
• Dyson — cosponsor (person)
• Fairly — cosponsor (person)
• Gates — cosponsor (person)
• Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
• Geren — cosponsor (person)
• Guillen — cosponsor (person)
• Hancock — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Harris Davila — cosponsor (person)
• Hayes — cosponsor (person)
• Hickland — cosponsor (person)
• Holt — cosponsor (person)
• Hopper — cosponsor (person)
• Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Hull — cosponsor (person)
• Isaac — cosponsor (person)
• Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
• Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Little — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
• Louderback — cosponsor (person)
• Lowe — cosponsor (person)
• Lujan — cosponsor (person)
• Luther — cosponsor (person)
• McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Meyer — cosponsor (person)
• Nichols — cosponsor (person)
• Noble — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
• Orr — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Paxton — cosponsor (person)
• Phelan — cosponsor (person)
• Pierson — cosponsor (person)
• Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
• Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
• Shofner — cosponsor (person)
• Slawson — cosponsor (person)
• Smithee — cosponsor (person)
• Swanson — cosponsor (person)
• Tepper — cosponsor (person)
• Toth — cosponsor (person)
• Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
• Vasut — cosponsor (person)
• Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
• Virdell — cosponsor (person)
• Wharton — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
• 2025-02-20 Filed filing
• 2025-02-20 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Co-author authorized
• 2025-03-06 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2025-03-06 Considered in public hearing
• 2025-03-06 Testimony taken in committee
• 2025-03-06 Left pending in committee
• 2025-03-10 Considered in public hearing
• 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 as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-17 Committee report printed and distributed
• 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 & passed to engrossment reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Record vote
• 2025-03-19 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 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 Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
• 2025-04-24 Considered in formal meeting
• 2025-04-24 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
• 2025-04-24 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-01 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
• 2025-05-01 Committee report distributed
• 2025-05-01 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2025-05-02 Recommitted to committee
• 2025-05-02 Considered in formal meeting
• 2025-05-02 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
• 2025-05-02 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
• 2025-05-06 Committee report distributed
• 2025-05-06 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2025-05-06 Considered in Calendars
• 2025-05-08 Placed on Major State Calendar
• 2025-05-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-05-08 Postponed
• 2025-05-08 Vote reconsidered
• 2025-05-08 Motion withdrawn withdrawal
• 2025-05-08 Postponed
• 2025-05-08 Laid out as postponed business
• 2025-05-08 Postponed
• 2025-05-08 Laid out as postponed business
• 2025-05-08 Point of order withdrawn withdrawal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-08 Amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment adopted as amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Point of order withdrawn withdrawal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amendment tabled deferral
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-08 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
• 2025-05-08 Record vote
• 2025-05-08 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-09 Rules suspended
• 2025-05-09 Additional sponsor(s) authorized
• 2025-05-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-05-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
• 2025-05-09 Record vote
• 2025-05-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
• 2025-05-09 Record vote
• 2025-05-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
• 2025-05-09 Record vote
• 2025-05-09 Passed passage
• 2025-05-09 Record vote
• 2025-05-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-12 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
• 2025-05-14 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
• 2025-05-14 Read
• 2025-05-14 Senate refuses to concur
• 2025-05-14 Senate requests conference committee
• 2025-05-14 Senate appoints conferees
• 2025-05-14 Senate refuses to concur-reported
• 2025-05-14 Senate requests conference committee-reported
• 2025-05-14 Senate appoints conferees-reported
• 2025-05-19 House grants request for conference committee
• 2025-05-19 House appoints conferees
• 2025-05-20 House grants request for conf comm-reported
• 2025-05-20 House appoints conferees-reported
• 2025-05-23 Conference committee report filed filing
• 2025-05-24 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
• 2025-05-29 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-29 Record vote
• 2025-05-29 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-29 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2025-05-29 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
• 2025-05-30 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-30 Record vote
• 2025-05-31 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
• 2025-05-31 Reported enrolled enrolled
• 2025-05-31 Signed in the Senate passage
• 2025-06-01 Signed in the House passage
• 2025-06-01 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; origin ocd-bill/6cc17dc1-077f-4356-8151-8989d2fb5035. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).