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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy."
description: "Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Texas SB 840 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Housing--General (I0405)", "PERMITS (S0011)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Vehicles & Traffic--General (I0865)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alders", "Cole", "Hefner", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c96154-dd00-4f6d-a9e7-9c9a318f4af0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 840.xml"
source_hash: "071daed8049df1034dc1faf441bf3df71fa29aaa303b30f7f92ad1dc4988424d"
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 840 (89R) — Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.
## 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/SB00840I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00840E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00840H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00840S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00840F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10633** (pass) · lower
- passage — **246** (pass) · upper
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2 — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 840 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **246** (pass) · upper
- passage — **237** (pass) · upper
- passage — **10823** (pass) · lower
- passage — **300** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1284** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alders — primary (person)
- Cole — primary (person)
- Hefner — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** 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
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-24** Record vote
- **2025-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Record vote
- **2025-03-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-24** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Record vote
- **2025-03-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-24** Record vote
- **2025-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Record vote
- **2025-03-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-24** Left pending in 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`
- **2025-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-20** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-21** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-26** Read
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** 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/60c96154-dd00-4f6d-a9e7-9c9a318f4af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).