republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-4211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities."
description: "Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4211"
citation: "Texas HB 4211 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0334)", "Property Interests--Property Owners Association (I0618)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Municipal Utility Districts (I0009)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Hunter", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9393479-a75c-4f50-804b-66c0372a6057"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4211.xml"
source_hash: "ba0f9a14f53d59781b764beceb276c560e32717b0c052940c55d008395e092c2"
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 4211 (89R) — Relating to certain residential property interests controlled by certain entities.

## 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/HB04211I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04211E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04211H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04211S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04211F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **110–26** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4211 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **104–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **110–26** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4211 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **108–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Holt — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Luther — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Villalobos — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
- Wharton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Correction in referral
- **2025-04-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **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`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Recommitted to committee
- **2025-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9393479-a75c-4f50-804b-66c0372a6057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).