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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SB17

Relating to the purchase or acquisition of an interest in real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 20, 2025
Last status update
Signed by the Governor
Author
Lois Kolkhorst
Co-sponsors
Paul BettencourtBrian BirdwellDonna CampbellCharles CreightonPeter FloresBrent HagenbuchBob HallAdam HinojosaJuan HinojosaJoan HuffmanPhil KingMayes MiddletonTan ParkerCharles SchwertnerKevin SparksKelly HancockBryan HughesRobert NicholsAngela PaxtonCole HefnerWilliam MetcalfJared PattersonJohn McQueeneyDavid SpillerDaniel AldersTrent AshbyJeff BarryCecil BellKeith BellGreg BonnenBrad BuckleyBen BumgarnerBriscoe CainGiovanni CapriglioneDavid CookCharles CunninghamPat CurryDrew DarbyJay DeanMano DeAyalaMark DorazioPaul DysonCaroline FairlyGary GatesStan GerdesCharlie GerenRyan GuillenCody HarrisCaroline Harris DavilaRichard HayesHillary HicklandJanis HoltAndy HopperLacey HullCarrie IsaacStan KitzmanStan LambertBrooks LandgrafJeff LeachTerri Leo-WilsonMitch LittleJanie LopezAJ LouderbackDavid LoweJohn LujanShelley LutherDon McLaughlinMorgan MeyerCandy NobleTom OliversonAngelia OrrDennis PaulDade PhelanKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonNate SchatzlineAlan SchoolcraftJoanne ShofnerShelby SlawsonJohn SmitheeValoree SwansonCarl TepperSteve TothEllen TroxclairCody VasutDenise VillalobosWesley VirdellTrey WhartonTerry Wilson

Legislative progress

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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

House committee substitute April 24, 2025 House committee reassignment May 2, 2025 House committee substitute May 2, 2025 Enrolled May 31, 2025 Governor approved June 20, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

30 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 19, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Passed

24 yea–7 nay

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March 19, 2025 · Senate

Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

Passed

24 yea–7 nay

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March 19, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Passed

24 yea–7 nay

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March 19, 2025 · Senate

Read 3rd time

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

24 yea–7 nay

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March 19, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Passed

24 yea–7 nay

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March 19, 2025 · Senate

Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

Passed

24 yea–7 nay

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May 8, 2025 · House

Motion fails RV#1844

Failed

64 yea–74 nay · 4 not voting · 8 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

1-Little RV#1845

Passed

91 yea–0 nay · 54 not voting · 5 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1846

Passed

84 yea–59 nay · 2 not voting · 5 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1847

Passed

82 yea–62 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

RV#1848

Passed

120 yea–19 nay · 2 not voting · 9 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1849

Passed

86 yea–59 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment amended RV#1850

Passed

89 yea–56 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment adopted as amended RV#1851

Passed

84 yea–19 nay · 41 not voting · 6 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1852

Passed

86 yea–59 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

RV#1853

Passed

85 yea–9 nay · 50 not voting · 6 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1854

Passed

81 yea–60 nay · 2 not voting · 7 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1856

Passed

84 yea–55 nay · 2 not voting · 9 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1857

Passed

86 yea–58 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#1858

Passed

86 yea–58 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

RV#1859

Passed

80 yea–60 nay · 3 not voting · 7 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

RV#1859 RV#1860

Passed

88 yea–53 nay · 2 not voting · 7 absent

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May 8, 2025 · House

Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal RV#1861

Passed

85 yea–60 nay · 3 not voting · 2 absent

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May 9, 2025 · House

Amendment fails of adoption RV#1878

Failed

59 yea–83 nay · 2 not voting · 6 absent

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May 9, 2025 · House

Amendment fails of adoption RV#1879

Passed

84 yea–61 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent

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May 9, 2025 · House

Amendment fails of adoption RV#1880

Passed

85 yea–58 nay · 1 not voting · 6 absent

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May 9, 2025 · House

Record vote RV#1881

Passed

86 yea–59 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent

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May 29, 2025 · House

House adopts conference committee report RV#4047

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

85 yea–57 nay · 1 not voting · 7 absent

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May 30, 2025 · Senate

Senate adopts conference committee report

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

23 yea–8 nay

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May 30, 2025 · Senate

Senate adopts conference committee report

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

23 yea–8 nay

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. State Effective on 9/1/25
  2. State Signed by the Governor
  3. State Sent to the Governor
  4. House Signed in the House
  5. Senate Signed in the Senate
  6. Senate Reported enrolled
  7. House Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Senate Record vote
  9. Senate Senate adopts conference committee report
  10. Senate House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  11. House Reason for vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  12. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  13. House Record vote RV#4047 View roll call
  14. House House adopts conference committee report
  15. House Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  16. Senate Conference committee report filed
  17. Senate House appoints conferees-reported
  18. Senate House grants request for conf comm-reported
  19. House House appoints conferees
  20. House House grants request for conference committee
  21. House Senate appoints conferees-reported
  22. House Senate requests conference committee-reported
  23. House Senate refuses to concur-reported
  24. Senate Senate appoints conferees
  25. Senate Senate requests conference committee
  26. Senate Senate refuses to concur
  27. Senate Read
  28. Senate House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  29. Senate House passage as amended reported
  30. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  31. House Record vote RV#1881
  32. House Passed
  33. House Record vote RV#1880
  34. House Amendment fails of adoption 3-Toth, Olcott, Schatzline, Harrison, Isaac, Hopper, Lowe, Little, Luther, Virdell, Morgan, More
  35. House Record vote RV#1879
  36. House Amendment fails of adoption 2-Money
  37. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  38. House Record vote RV#1878
  39. House Amendment fails of adoption 1-Wu
  40. House Read 3rd time
  41. House Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  42. House Rules suspended
  43. House Reason for vote recorded in Journal
  44. House Record vote RV#1861
  45. House Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  46. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  47. House Record vote RV#1860
  48. House Amended 15-Money
  49. House Record vote RV#1859
  50. House Amended 14-Schatzline
  51. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  52. House Record vote RV#1858
  53. House Amendment tabled 13-Rosenthal
  54. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  55. House Record vote RV#1857
  56. House Amendment tabled 12-Rosenthal
  57. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  58. House Record vote RV#1856
  59. House Amendment tabled 11-Reynolds
  60. House Point of order withdrawn Rule 11, Section 2
  61. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  62. House Record vote RV#1854
  63. House Amendment tabled 10-Anchía
  64. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  65. House Record vote RV#1853
  66. House Amended 9-Little
  67. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  68. House Record vote RV#1852
  69. House Amendment tabled 8-Wu
  70. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  71. House Record vote RV#1851
  72. House Amendment adopted as amended 6-Little
  73. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  74. House Record vote RV#1850
  75. House Amendment amended 7-Toth and Schatzline
  76. House Amendment(s) offered 6-Little
  77. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  78. House Record vote RV#1849
  79. House Amendment tabled 5-Gervin-Hawkins
  80. House Reason for vote recorded in Journal
  81. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  82. House Record vote RV#1848
  83. House Amended 4-Shaheen and Button
  84. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  85. House Record vote RV#1847
  86. House Amendment tabled 3-Anchía
  87. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  88. House Record vote RV#1846
  89. House Amendment tabled 2-Turner
  90. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  91. House Record vote RV#1845
  92. House Amended 1-Little
  93. House Amendment(s) offered 1-Little
  94. House Point of order withdrawn Rule 4, Section 32
  95. House Laid out as postponed business
  96. House Postponed 5/8/25 4:00 PM
  97. House Laid out as postponed business
  98. House Postponed 5/8/25 1:00 PM
  99. House Motion withdrawn
  100. House Vote reconsidered
  101. House Postponed 5/12/25 10:00 AM
  102. House Read 2nd time
  103. House Placed on Major State Calendar
  104. House Considered in Calendars
  105. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  106. House Committee report distributed
  107. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  108. House Reported favorably as substituted
  109. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  110. House Considered in formal meeting
  111. House Recommitted to committee
  112. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  113. House Committee report distributed
  114. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  115. House Reported favorably as substituted
  116. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  117. House Considered in formal meeting
  118. House Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
  119. House Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
  120. House Read first time
  121. House Received from the Senate
  122. Senate Reported engrossed
  123. Senate Record vote
  124. Senate Passed
  125. Senate Read 3rd time
  126. Senate Record vote
  127. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  128. Senate Record vote
  129. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  130. Senate Record vote
  131. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  132. Senate Co-author authorized
  133. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  134. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  135. Senate Reported favorably as substituted
  136. Senate Vote taken in committee
  137. Senate Considered in public hearing
  138. Senate Left pending in committee
  139. Senate Considered in public hearing
  140. Senate Left pending in committee
  141. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  142. Senate Considered in public hearing
  143. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  144. Senate Co-author authorized
  145. Senate Referred to State Affairs
  146. Senate Read first time
  147. Senate Filed
  148. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1976809
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SB17.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00