Monitoring the SessionSB 203
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the maximum amount of a security deposit for a residential lease.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
The bill caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half month's rent.
The bill caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half month's rent. It touches landlords and tenants who sign or renew a lease for a dwelling on or after September 1, 2027. Landlords can no longer ask for a deposit larger than one and a half months of rent, while older leases keep the old rules until they are renewed.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 2901 by Rep. Simmons (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB203 · 2026-11-09
relating to the maximum amount of a security deposit for a residential lease.
The bill caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half month's rent.
The bill caps a residential security deposit at one and one-half month's rent. It touches landlords and tenants who sign or renew a lease for a dwelling on or after September 1, 2027. Landlords can no longer ask for a deposit larger than one and a half months of rent, while older leases keep the old rules until they are renewed.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. 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: 100987569, 101063137.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. 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: 100987569, 101063137.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Simmons, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 19, 2025: Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Relating to the maximum amount of a security deposit for a residential lease.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant
The text as introduced · 194 words
90R2368 RAL-D By: West S.B. No. 203 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the maximum amount of a security deposit for a residential lease. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 92.102, Property Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 92.102. SECURITY DEPOSIT. (a) A security deposit is any advance of money, other than a rental application deposit or an advance payment of rent, that is intended primarily to secure performance under a lease of a dwelling that has been entered into by a landlord and a tenant. (b) A security deposit may not exceed the amount of one and one-half month's rent for the dwelling. SECTION 2. Section 92.102, Property Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A lease entered into or renewed 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, 2027.