Monitoring the Session

SB 2586

bill making HOAs file rules with the Real Estate Commission

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Pete FloresRSenate 24

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 information that a property owners' association must file with the Texas Real Estate Commission; authorizing an administrative penalty.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Within seven days, posted on a public website.

The bill makes every property owners' association send its rules and its enforcement policy to the Texas Real Estate Commission electronically within seven days of filing or updating its management certificate. It touches homeowners' associations and the Real Estate Commission, which must build a filing system by December 1, 2025, and post the data on a public website. Associations that already have certificates on file must submit by June 1, 2026, and an association that misses a deadline faces a $1,000 penalty for the first day and $500 for each day after, which it may not pass on to its members.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 7, 2025. Died in the House: never got out of the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2586 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Pete FloresRSenate 24

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to information that a property owners' association must file with the Texas Real Estate Commission; authorizing an administrative penalty.

WHAT IT DOES

Within seven days, posted on a public website.

The bill makes every property owners' association send its rules and its enforcement policy to the Texas Real Estate Commission electronically within seven days of filing or updating its management certificate. It touches homeowners' associations and the Real Estate Commission, which must build a filing system by December 1, 2025, and post the data on a public website. Associations that already have certificates on file must submit by June 1, 2026, and an association that misses a deadline faces a $1,000 penalty for the first day and $500 for each day after, which it may not pass on to its members.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · May 2, 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. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Business & Commerce
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Vote taken in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  13. Committee report printed and distributed
  14. Placed on intent calendar
  15. Co-author authorized
  16. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  17. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  18. Vote recorded in Journal
  19. Three day rule suspended
  20. Record vote
  21. Read 3rd time
  22. Passed
  23. Record vote
  24. Reported engrossed
  25. Received from the Senate
  26. Read first time
  27. Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay

Sources

Senate: Final passage · May 7, 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

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Pete Flores

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$55KMorris Jaffe$25,000Justin Jaffe$25,000

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 · Jul 12, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$55,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$55,000.00

Cash
$55,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$55,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 23, 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: 100985131, 101008112, 101072110.

Morris Jaffe$25,000.00
Justin Jaffe$25,000.00
Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$55,000.00

Cash
$55,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$55,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Oct 23, 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: 100985131, 101008112, 101072110.

Votes3

Senate May 7, 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 Flores moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2586 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 7, 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 Flores moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2586 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 7, 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 engrossment 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.

Witnesses4
For
0
Against
2
On
2
Names

Against

  • Self; Texas Community Association Advocates (TCAA)1 registration
  • Self; Texas Legislative Action Committee - Community Associations Institute1 registration

On

  • Texas Real Estate Commission1 registration
  • Texas Realtors1 registration
Sources

4 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

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

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 S · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version S · May 2, 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 Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025

05/08/2025 H Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development: May 8 2025 11:58PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed

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

Coauthors
Phil KingRSenate 10

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee

Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Companion

HB 4447 by Hickland (identical)

Subjects

Civil Remedies & Liabilities

Electronic Information Systems

Property Interests--Property Owners Association

TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION

Text

The text as introduced · 379 words

89R15139 RAL-D

By: Flores
S.B. No. 2586

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to information that a property owners' association must

file with the Texas Real Estate Commission; authorizing an

administrative penalty.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 209, Property Code, is amended by adding

Section 209.00405 to read as follows:

Sec. 209.00405. INFORMATION TO BE FILED WITH TEXAS REAL

ESTATE COMMISSION. (a) In this section, "commission" means the

Texas Real Estate Commission.

(b) Not later than the seventh day after the date a property

owners' association files a management certificate for recording

under Section 209.004(a) or files an amended management certificate

for recording under Section 209.004(b), the property owners'

association shall electronically file the following information

with the commission:

(1) the rules and regulations adopted by the property

owners' association; and

(2) the enforcement policy required under Section

209.0061.

(c) The commission shall only collect the information

required under Subsection (b) for the purpose of making the data

accessible to the general public through an Internet website.

(d) A property owners' association that fails to file the

information required under Subsection (b) is subject to an

administrative penalty imposed by the commission of $1,000 for the

first day of the violation and $500 for each additional day that the

association fails to file the information. The commission shall

deposit penalties collected under this section as general revenue

in the state treasury.

(e) A property owners' association may not recoup the amount

of an administrative penalty imposed under Subsection (d) from

members of the property owners' association.

SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas

Real Estate Commission shall establish and make available the

system necessary for the electronic filing of the information

required under Section 209.00405(b), Property Code, as added by

this Act.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 209.00405(b), Property Code, as

added by this Act, a property owners' association that has on or

before December 1, 2025, recorded a management certificate or

amended management certificate with a county clerk under Section

209.004, Property Code, shall electronically file the information

required by Section 209.00405(b), Property Code, with the Texas

Real Estate Commission not later than June 1, 2026.

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