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SB 15 (891): Relating to recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offense
89th Legislature, special session 1 · filed 2025-07-24 · Latest: Reported engrossed
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Relating to recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses.
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Relating to recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses.
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Authors: West · Coauthors: King, Miles, Parker, Zaffirini
Bill history (latest 25 steps)
- 2025-08-06: Reported engrossed
- 2025-08-06: Record vote
- 2025-08-06: Passed
- 2025-08-06: Read 3rd time
- 2025-08-06: Record vote
- 2025-08-06: Three day rule suspended
- 2025-08-06: Vote recorded in Journal
- 2025-08-06: Passed to engrossment as amended
- 2025-08-06: Vote recorded in Journal
- 2025-08-06: Amended
- 2025-08-06: Amendment(s) offered (FA1 J. Hinojosa)
- 2025-08-06: Read 2nd time
- 2025-08-06: Laid before the Senate
- 2025-08-06: Co-author authorized
- 2025-08-04: Committee report printed and distributed
- 2025-08-04: Reported favorably as substituted
- 2025-08-01: Vote taken in committee
- 2025-08-01: Testimony taken in committee
- 2025-08-01: Considered in public hearing
- 2025-08-01: Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- 2025-07-30: Referred to Business & Commerce
- 2025-07-30: Rereferred to committee
- 2025-07-30: Co-author authorized
- 2025-07-24: Referred to Finance
- 2025-07-24: Read first time
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- Statute
- A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.
- Veto
- The power of a president or governor to reject a bill passed by the legislature. Lawmakers can override a veto with a large enough vote (two-thirds of each chamber in Congress).
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Sources
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- Texas Legislature Online: bill history
- Data: Texas Legislature Online bill history XML (Texas Legislative Council), ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/891/billhistory/
Record st-tx-891-sb15 · catalog st-tx-tlo-bills-891 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol tx-bills