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Texas Legislature · SB 2835 · Effective on 9/1/25

Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings

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Officially: “Relating to municipal regulation of stairway requirements in certain apartment buildings. Read the full text

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89th Legislature (2025)

Where it is

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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Mar 14, 2025
Filed · Mar 14, 2025
Read first time · Apr 7, 2025
Referred to Local Government · Apr 7, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Apr 24, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 24, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · Apr 24, 2025
Left pending in committee · Apr 24, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 28, 2025
Vote taken in committee · Apr 28, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 1, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · May 1, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 1, 2025
Placed on intent calendar · May 6, 2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar · May 9, 2025
Not again placed on intent calendar · May 9, 2025
Laid before the Senate · May 9, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · May 9, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 9, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 9, 2025
Record vote · May 9, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 9, 2025
Passed · May 9, 2025
Record vote · May 9, 2025
Reported engrossed · May 9, 2025
Received from the Senate · May 9, 2025
Read first time · May 12, 2025
Referred to Land & Resource Management · May 12, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · May 15, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · May 15, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 20, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 20, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 21, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 22, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · May 24, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 27, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading · May 27, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 27, 2025
Passed · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
House passage reported · May 27, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 27, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 28, 2025
Signed in the House · May 30, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 30, 2025
Filed without the Governor's signature · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025

The numbers

3
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

JohnsonTalaricoGates

Recorded votes

SBi2835 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-27 · Yeas 81, Nays 57, Present, not voting 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective on 9/1/25 (Jun 20, 2025).