HB 24 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary.

HB 24 establishes new procedures for Texas municipalities to adjust zoning regulations or district boundaries. It requires a public hearing with 15 days' notice published in a newspaper and online before any zoning change takes effect. For changes that do not allow more residential development (non-comprehensive changes), property owners can protest by signing a written protest if they own 20% of the affected area or 60% of adjacent land within 200 feet. The bill, effective September 1, 2025, applies to all Texas cities and aims to balance development decisions with community input.

Issues: ✗ Housing

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a legislative draft to an enrolled version, with the main substantive change being the addition of a new Section 9 establishing a September 1, 2025 effective date. The core zoning procedures and definitions remain unchanged, though some formatting inconsistencies were corrected between versions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on amending Texas Local Government Code Chapter 211 regarding zoning regulation changes and district boundaries, with no change to applicability beyond the new effective date.

TIMELINE

Added Section 9 establishing September 1, 2025 as the effective date for the zoning changes.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted bill structure from draft to enrolled version, including header information and certification signatures.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies in section numbering and spacing throughout the document.

Floor votes · House May 29, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 20, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor

executive

May 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

upper

May 29, 2025

Introduced

Text of Senate Amendment(s)

lower

May 29, 2025

Introduced

House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

lower

May 29, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (103-29-14)

house

May 25, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

lower

May 25, 2025

Introduced

Senate Amendments distributed

lower

May 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate passage as amended reported

lower

May 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

May 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

May 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

upper

May 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

May 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

May 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

upper

May 14, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

May 7, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed as amended

lower

May 6, 2025

Introduced

Point of order sustained (amendment)

lower

May 6, 2025

Introduced

Amendment(s) offered

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Land & Resource Management

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

6 primary · 19 co-sponsors