TX SB 15

enacted

Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 15 pass?

Yes. TX SB 15 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 15 about?

TX SB 15 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 15?

Gates, Campbell, Creighton and 8 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 15, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-03
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-01
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Rules suspended
2025-05-31
Co-author authorized
2025-05-30
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-30
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-30
House grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees
2025-05-30
House grants request for conference committee
2025-05-29
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-29
Senate requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-29
Senate refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-29
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-29
Senate requests conference committee
2025-05-29
Senate refuses to concur
2025-05-29
Read
2025-05-29
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-28
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-27
Record vote
2025-05-27
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-27
Point of order overruled
2025-05-27
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-27
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-27
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-05-25
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-25
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-25
Committee report distributed
2025-05-25
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-25
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-25
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-25
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-25
Returned to committee
2025-05-25
Point of order sustained
2025-05-25
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-24
Postponed
2025-05-24
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-24
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-29
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-28
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-17
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-17
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-04-17
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09
Referred to Land & Resource Management
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-03-19
Reported engrossed
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Passed
passage
2025-03-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Three day rule suspended
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-03-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-03-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-03-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-03-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-03-19
Record vote
2025-03-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-19
Co-author authorized
2025-03-18
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-18
Co-author authorized
2025-03-17
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-17
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-13
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-13
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-10
Left pending in committee
2025-03-10
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-10
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-10
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-06
Referred to Local Government
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-05
Co-author authorized
2025-03-04
Filed
filing
2025-03-04
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 15 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-03-19 · pass · 29-2
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Cook: 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
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: no
passage
2025-03-19 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Cook: 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
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: no
passage
2025-05-27 · pass · 87-48
Member-level votes (152)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bernal: no
- Bonnen: no
- Bryant: no
- Capriglione: no
- Collier: no
- Cunningham: no
- Dutton: no
- Gerdes: no
- Geren: no
- Harless: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Isaac: no
- Jones, J.: no
- LaHood: no
- Lalani: no
- Lambert: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Martinez: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Ordaz: no
- Patterson: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Phelan: no
- Richardson: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Swanson: no
- Thompson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Canales: absent
- V: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lujan: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Oliverson: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Shofner: absent
- Smithee: absent
passage
2025-05-28 · pass · 86-43
Member-level votes (152)
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Bell, K.: no
- Bonnen: no
- Bryant: no
- Buckley: no
- Capriglione: no
- Collier: no
- Cook: no
- Gámez: no
- Gerdes: no
- Geren: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Isaac: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lowe: no
- Luther: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Patterson: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Richardson: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Simmons: no
- Slawson: no
- Swanson: no
- Thompson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- Virdell: no
- Vo: no
- Wharton: 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
- Alders: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Bumgarner: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Dean: absent
- DeAyala: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Hull: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Lopez, R.: absent
- Schofield: absent
passage
2025-05-31 · pass · 31-0
passage
2025-06-01 · pass · 78-57
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Cole: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Gates: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bonnen: no
- Bryant: no
- Buckley: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Capriglione: no
- Collier: no
- Cook: no
- Cortez: no
- Dorazio: no
- Dutton: no
- Gámez: no
- Gerdes: no
- Geren: no
- Guerra: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Isaac: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Leach: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, J.: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Lujan: no
- Luther: no
- Manuel: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Muñoz: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Ordaz: no
- Patterson: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Richardson: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Schatzline: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Simmons: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Thompson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Virdell: no
- Vo: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Garcia: absent
- L: absent
- Harris: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
- Canales: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Martinez: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Morgan: absent
- Schofield: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 3919

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