HB 2468: bill rewrites the public improvement district notice rule

Caption

relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Seller skips the notice, buyer’s rights get rewritten.

The bill rewrites the rule on what happens when a seller fails to tell a buyer that a home or lot sits inside a public improvement district. The buyer can still cancel the deal for any reason within seven days of getting the notice, but only if the city or county had already filed the district's service plan with the county clerk before the contract was signed. This touches buyers and sellers of property in these districts, and it applies only to contracts signed after the law takes effect.

Labels

Labels: INSTANT LAW. Took effect immediately, on Jun 20, 2025. 833 of the 1,185 graded 89R laws took effect Sep 1, 2025 (derived from the bill histories, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 4277 by Rep. Longoria (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2468 · 2025-02-05

SOLD BY

Rep. Cody HarrisRHouse 8

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

WHAT IT DOES

Seller skips the notice, buyer’s rights get rewritten.

The bill rewrites the rule on what happens when a seller fails to tell a buyer that a home or lot sits inside a public improvement district. The buyer can still cancel the deal for any reason within seven days of getting the notice, but only if the city or county had already filed the district's service plan with the county clerk before the contract was signed. This touches buyers and sellers of property in these districts, and it applies only to contracts signed after the law takes effect.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 9, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Feb 5, 2025Filed
Mar 17, 2025Read first time
Mar 17, 2025Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Mar 26, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Mar 26, 2025Considered in public hearing
Mar 26, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Mar 26, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 2, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 2, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 10, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 10, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 11, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 17, 2025Considered in Calendars
Apr 22, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
Apr 22, 2025Read 2nd time
Apr 22, 2025Passed to engrossment
Apr 22, 2025Record vote RV#351
Apr 22, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
Apr 23, 2025Read 3rd time
Apr 23, 2025Passed
Apr 23, 2025Record vote RV#401
Apr 23, 2025Reported engrossed
Apr 23, 2025Received from the House
Apr 24, 2025Read first time
Apr 24, 2025Referred to Business & Commerce
May 13, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 13, 2025No action taken in committee
May 15, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 15, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 15, 2025Left pending in committee
May 20, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 20, 2025Vote taken in committee
May 20, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendments
May 20, 2025Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
May 20, 2025Committee report printed and distributed
May 22, 2025Placed on intent calendar
May 22, 2025Rules suspended-Regular order of business
May 22, 2025Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
May 22, 2025Vote recorded in Journal
May 22, 2025Three day rule suspended
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Read 3rd time
May 22, 2025Passed
May 22, 2025Record vote
May 22, 2025Senate passage reported
May 23, 2025Reported enrolled
May 24, 2025Signed in the House
May 25, 2025Signed in the Senate
May 26, 2025Sent to the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Signed by the Governor
Jun 20, 2025Effective immediately

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 142 yea · 4 nay

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · Apr 23, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · May 22, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Cody Harris

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$131K Texas Sands PAC$59K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$53K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$131,199.90

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$131,199.90

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $66,199.90
Total: $131,199.90

grassroots $56,899.90polling $9,300.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101008254, 101028696, 101039343, 101067574.

Texas Sands PAC$58,800.00

Texas Sands PAC

$58,800.00

Cash: $42,500.00
Paid by others: $16,300.00
Total: $58,800.00

polling $16,300.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985564, 101028696, 101039343, 101071425.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$52,590.39

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$52,590.39

Cash: $45,000.00
Paid by others: $7,590.39
Total: $52,590.39

digital $5,420.63text $1,960.28Other filed descriptions $209.48

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985564, 101008254, 101028696, 101035469, 101039343, 101057705, 101067574.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$131,199.90

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $66,199.90
Total: $131,199.90

grassroots $56,899.90polling $9,300.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101008254, 101028696, 101039343, 101067574.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$58,800.00

Cash: $42,500.00
Paid by others: $16,300.00
Total: $58,800.00

polling $16,300.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 22, 2024 to Oct 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985564, 101028696, 101039343, 101071425.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$52,590.39

Cash: $45,000.00
Paid by others: $7,590.39
Total: $52,590.39

digital $5,420.63text $1,960.28Other filed descriptions $209.48

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 11, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985564, 101008254, 101028696, 101035469, 101039343, 101057705, 101067574.

Votes5

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Parker moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2468 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: 31
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Sources

Senator Parker moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2468 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate May 22, 2025

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Names

Senate journal

Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

The bill was read second time and was passed to third reading by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 23, 2025

Yea: 142
Nay: 4
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 2
Excused: 0

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 401

HB 2468 was passed by (Record 401): 142 Yeas, 4 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 142 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
Excused: 0 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House Apr 22, 2025

Yea: 146
Nay: 1
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 0
Excused: 2

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 351

HB 2468 was passed to engrossment by (Record 351): 146 Yeas, 1 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 146 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses6

For: 6
Against: 0
On: 0

Names

For

Self3 registrations
Texas land title association1 registration
Texas REALTORS1 registration
Texas Realtors1 registration

Sources

6 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 9, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 4277

by Rep. Longoria, different lead author · Did not pass · same text

Introduced text

Last action, May 24, 2023: Removed from local & uncontested calendar

Relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is located in a public improvement district.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 5, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective immediately

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed · Senate Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

Companion

SB 1107 by Parker (identical)

Subjects

City Government--General

County Government--General

Property Interests--Real Property

Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous

Text

The text as introduced · 286 words

89R8053 DRS-F

By: Harris
H.B. No. 2468

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate a contract of

purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice

that the property is located in a public improvement district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 5.0141(b), Property Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) In the event a contract of purchase and sale is entered

into without the seller providing the notice, the purchaser is

entitled to terminate the contract for any reason, not later than

the seventh day after the date the purchaser receives the notice. A

purchaser may terminate the contract under this subsection only if

the municipality or county filed a copy of the service plan with the

county clerk in accordance with Section 372.013, Local Government

Code, before the date the contract was entered into .

SECTION 2. Section 5.0141, Property Code, as amended by

this Act, applies only to a sale or conveyance of property for which

a binding contract is executed on or after the effective date of

this Act. A sale or conveyance for which a binding contract is

executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the

law in effect on the date the contract is executed, and the former

law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texas Sands PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

Texas Sands PAC

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

Senate May 22, 2025

Senate May 22, 2025

Senate May 22, 2025

House Apr 23, 2025

House Apr 22, 2025

For

88R HB 4277

Companion