Bill Commons

TX SB 2477

enacted

Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2477 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2477 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2477 about?

TX SB 2477 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain municipal regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2477?

Patterson, Bettencourt are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2477, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Currycosponsor
  • Frankcosponsor
  • Gatescosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Turnercosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-04-03

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-24

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-28

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-28

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-30

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-05-07

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-05-08

    Co-author authorized

  15. 2025-05-08

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-08

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-05-08

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-05-08

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-08

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-08

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-08

    Three day rule suspended

  24. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  25. 2025-05-08

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-05-08

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-05-08

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-08

    Reported engrossed

  29. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  30. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Land & Resource Management

    referral-committee

  32. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  33. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  35. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  36. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  37. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended

  40. 2025-05-27

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  41. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  53. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  55. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  57. 2025-05-30

    Read

  58. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  59. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  61. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  62. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  63. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  64. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  65. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  66. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-08 · pass · 26-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Miles: no
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2477 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-08 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 123-18

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Barry: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Noble: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phela: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 112-26

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Cain: no
    • Collier: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Holt: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Pierson: absent
    • Virdel: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no

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