CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure
HB 178 adds Article 3721 to the Code of Civil Procedure, specifically addressing mortgage enforcement. It clarifies how conventional mortgages are enforced through ordinary or executory proceedings, allowing judgments to include accrued amounts (like interest, taxes, fees, and attorney costs) until property sale. The bill requires creditors to file a verified payoff amount before a sheriff's sale and establishes a process for interested parties (like other lienholders) to challenge this amount before funds are disbursed. This directly affects mortgage lenders, homeowners facing foreclosure, and courts handling civil foreclosure cases by standardizing procedures and reducing disputes over final payoff figures. The bill is currently pending passage after passing committee review and second reading.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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The bill was converted from a draft version to an enrolled act, finalizing its status for implementation. The text includes minor formatting corrections and the removal of internal legislative notes. No substantive policy changes, new laws, or legal amendments were added in this specific diff.
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The document format was updated from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED' and 'ACT No. 250', indicating the bill has been approved and signed into law.
Page counts were adjusted from 21 pages to 18 pages, reflecting the removal of internal revision comments and formatting cleanup.
Specific text errors were corrected, such as changing 'might may' to 'might' and fixing sentence fragments like 'He An attorney' to 'He An attorney shall'.
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Jun 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Notice Senate discharged from Conference Committee.
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee and concurred in the Senate amendments.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Discharged from Conference Committee.
lower
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0-1).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
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