republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-1526.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to parkland dedication for multifamily, hotel, and motel property development by certain municipalities; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to parkland dedication for multifamily, hotel, and motel property development by certain municipalities; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Texas HB 1526 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Parks & Wildlife--Parks (I0555)", "Property Interests--General (I0620)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris, Cody", "Hughes", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be5e04a-b1fb-4232-b3b5-7ea4647dc7d6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1526.xml"
source_hash: "56be7106db3f007931833eba70879474da679a17616dc05dbabe02e7da76a05a"
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 1526 (88) — Relating to parkland dedication for multifamily, hotel, and motel property development by 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01526I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01526E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01526H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01526S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01526F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **10–21** (fail) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 1526 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- passage — **119–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **99–46** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris, Cody — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-21** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** 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/3be5e04a-b1fb-4232-b3b5-7ea4647dc7d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).