republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-1567.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units."
description: "Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1567"
citation: "Texas SB 1567 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Housing--General (I0405)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Vasut"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/947805b6-1479-46ad-ad50-b3d220825d56"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1567.xml"
source_hash: "3ac0f819fac89f7205c86cc1284cd89966c28b69b1f217a3a53399e9d85a7353"
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 1567 (89R) — Relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units.

## 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/SB01567I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01567E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01567H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01567S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01567F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **114–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **96–44** (pass) · lower
- passage — **101–29** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1567 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-14** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-14** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Record vote
- **2025-04-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-15** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-02** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-26** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, 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`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/947805b6-1479-46ad-ad50-b3d220825d56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).