Monitoring the Session

HB 4812

bill says a condo is not a subdivision

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Tom OliversonRHouse 130

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

No plat required when a condominium is created or altered.

The bill says a condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land under the state's city and county subdivision laws. It stops cities and counties from requiring a subdivision plat to be prepared or approved when a condominium is created or altered. Developers filing new condo declarations on or after September 1, 2025 can skip the local platting step, while existing condos stay under the old law.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Land & Resource Management committee 7-0 on Apr 24, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4812 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Rep. Tom OliversonRHouse 130

ITEM

relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate condominiums.

WHAT IT DOES

No plat required when a condominium is created or altered.

The bill says a condominium declaration is not a subdivision of land under the state's city and county subdivision laws. It stops cities and counties from requiring a subdivision plat to be prepared or approved when a condominium is created or altered. Developers filing new condo declarations on or after September 1, 2025 can skip the local platting step, while existing condos stay under the old law.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 16, 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

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Land & Resource Management
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Tom Oliverson

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Tom Oliverson.

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 27, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Money

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

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses23
For
13
Against
9
On
1
Names

For

  • Condos for Texas1 registration
  • DR Horton1 registration
  • Independent bankers assoc of texas1 registration
  • Pulte Group1 registration
  • Self2 registrations
  • Self; Edge MDS LLC1 registration
  • Self; Legacy mcs llc1 registration
  • Stratus Properties, Inc.; Texas Apartment Association1 registration
  • Texans For Housing1 registration
  • Texas Association of Builders2 registrations
  • Texas Mortgage Bankers Association1 registration

Against

  • American Planning Association Texas Chapter1 registration
  • Bexar County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • City of Georgetown1 registration
  • City of San Antonio1 registration
  • County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas1 registration
  • El Paso County1 registration
  • Tarrant County Administrator's Office1 registration
  • Texas Municipal League1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration

On

  • Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
Sources

23 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.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 16, 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.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 13, 2025

04/29/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

House committee · Land & Resource Management · Committee vote 7 aye, 0 nay, 2 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 2703 by Creighton (identical)

Subjects

City Government--Land Use & Zoning

County Government--Land Use & Zoning

Property Interests--Property Owners Association

Property Interests--Real Property

Text

The text as introduced · 272 words

89R15427 JBD-F

By: Oliverson
H.B. No. 4812

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a municipality or county to regulate

condominiums.

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

SECTION 1. Section 82.006, Property Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 82.006. APPLICABILITY OF LOCAL ORDINANCES,

REGULATIONS, AND BUILDING CODES. (a) A zoning, subdivision,

building code, or other real property use law, ordinance, or

regulation may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or

impose any requirement on a condominium that it would not impose on

a physically identical development under a different form of

ownership. Except as provided by this section [ Otherwise ], this

chapter does not invalidate or modify any provision of any zoning,

subdivision, building code, or other real property use law,

ordinance, or regulation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law:

(1) a condominium declaration is not a subdivision of

land for purposes of Chapter 212, 232, or 242, Local Government

Code; and

(2) a municipality or county may not require the

preparation or submission for approval of a subdivision plat in

connection with the creation or alteration of a condominium under

this chapter.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a condominium declaration filed for recording on or after the

effective date of this Act. A condominium declaration filed for

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

law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act,

and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.