Texas Lege Tracker

On this page, we’ll be keeping a list of bills we’re monitoring throughout the 89th Texas Legislative Session from January to May 2025. You can find general information on each bill and the Dallas Housing Coalition’s analysis of each bill below. Click here for the Dallas Housing Coalition’s 89th Texas Legislative Session Agenda. Click on a bill to be taken to its Texas Legislature Online’s webpage.

How to navigate the legislative process:

Note: These are external links. We are sharing these for informational purposes about the legislative process only. The Dallas Housing Coalition does not endorse any information or positions that may be found on these pages.

  • Texas Legislature Online (TLO) – Official source of up-to-date information on bills, hearings, and other aspects of the legislative process

Check back often throughout session for updates and new resources. Please address any inquiries to Bryan Tony, Executive Director, at bryan@dallashousingcoalition.com.

89th Texas Legislative Session

In Support

Eckhardt - Proposing to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation, enabling lege for SB 634

Sen. Royce West - Workforce housing revolving loan fund for single-family, affordable housing

Sen. Royce West - Expedited permitting for LIHTC in larger cities

Eckhardt - Relating to the establishment and implementation by the TDHCA of the Texas Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Pilot Program

Sen. Royce West - Requires cities to publicly announce city-owned land available for workforce housing development

Sen. Royce West - Amending the Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act

Eckhardt - Proposing to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation, enabling lege for SJR 30

Hughes - Legalize ADUs statewide

Cook - Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord

Flores - Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing

Shaheen - See SB 1557 (Paxton) for the identical companion bill

Hughes - Allow residential development in commercially zoned and mixed-use districts and encourage office-to-residential conversion

Hughes - Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary

Middleton - Relating to municipal regulation of multifamily and mixed-use development on religious land

Johnson - Relating to the confidentiality of residential eviction case information

Paxton - Relating to the powers or regional transportation authorities (DART)

Button - Relating to the eviction from real property of certain persons not entitled to enter, occupy, or remain in possession of the premises.

Johnson - N. Johnson mezzanine fund

Bucy - Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the use of money in the state highway fund for transit-oriented projects

Bernal - Exempt LIHTC projects from residents and force a supermajority to approve zoning change

Rosenthal - Repeal income discrimination ordinances

Bucy - Extend notice to vacate to 14 days

Walle - Relating to the establishment and implementation by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of the Texas Tenant Readiness and Landlord Incentive Pilot Program.

Toth - Require cities to grant/deny building permits within 30 days or provide applicant with timeline for approval

Toth - Building permit application turnaround

Gonzalez, Jessica - Relating to the disclosure of certain fees by a landlord

Jones, Venton - Proposing to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation, enabling lege for HJR 96

Jones, Venton - Eviction sealing when tenant wins case

Collier - Allow tenants an opportunity to cure

Hickland - Protesting changes to municipal zoning regulations and boundaries

Bucy- Legalize ADUs statewide

Goodwin- Relating to the establishment of workforce housing program by the TDHCA

Bucy- Relating to the establishment of the housing Texas fund to be administered by the TDHCA

Meza- Relating to a tenant's right to terminate a residential lease following certain outages of essential utilities

Collier - Relating to the confidentiality of eviction case information.

Talarico - Relating to municipal and county regulation of accessory dwelling units; authorizing fees

Bowers - Relating to the regulation of certain eviction-related service businesses

Monitoring

Gates - See SB 867 (Bettencourt) for identical companion bill

Vasut - Eliminate property taxes and require a study of alternative methods of taxation

Goodwin - Limits property tax increases of single-family homes if they are leased for less than 85% fair market value

Bell, Keith - Dedicate part of budget surplus to tax relief

Cain - Dedicate part of budget surplus to tax relief through reducing school M&O taxes

Lopez - Relating to the collection and publication of affordable housing information

Meza - Require TAMU to maintain a list of corporate-owned SF properties

Morales - Require all LIHTC projects to be within two miles of a grocery store

Vasut - Prevent cities from prohibiting ADUs on SF or duplex lots

Metcalf - Extend cap on property taxes to commercial

Barry - Extend cap on property tax to commercial

Garcia, Josey - Relating to the creation of a specialty court for individuals who commit family violence; imposing fees for participation

Zaffirini - Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support

Menéndez - Relating to regulations adopted by entities for the construction of residential or commercial buildings

Oppose

Swanson - Give State Representatives veto power to stop approved LIHTC projects from being built in their districts

Tepper - Prevent “adopt or enforce” ordinance or zoning variance to allow more than one dwelling on a lot

Betterncourt - Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities

Johnson - Relating to the establishment of the workforce housing program by the TDHCA

Zaffirini - Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support

West - Provides refunds on sales and use taxes paid on building materials used in subsidized housing projects

Blanco - Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits

Jones, Venton - Proposing to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation, enabling lege for HB 1367

Harris - Allow third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.

Orr - Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

Lopez, Ray - Relating to the collection and publication of affordable housing information by certain municipalities and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Bucy - Relating to the use of certain money transferred to and deposited in the state highway fund

Pierson - Related to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, etc