HB 2578 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to landlord and tenant dispute information reported by courts and published on a publicly accessible Internet website.

HB 2578 requires Texas courts handling landlord-tenant disputes to report specific case types (like evictions, security deposit issues, and utility disconnections) to the Texas Judicial Council. The Office of Court Administration must then publish this data on a public website, including court location, whether legal representation was used, and case outcomes. This information will be searchable by date and jurisdiction, making it accessible to the public. The bill takes effect September 1, 2025, and directly affects courts, tenants, landlords, and anyone seeking transparency in these legal disputes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 23, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up, removing extraneous metadata and page numbers while preserving the core legislative content. The substantive policy provisions regarding landlord-tenant dispute reporting remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Removed page headers, footers, and metadata (e.g., '89R7802 BCH-D', 'By:AAWalle') that were present in the original introduced version.

Replaced non-standard formatting artifacts (e.g., 'AA', 'A1.AA', 'Sec.A71.0354.AA') with standard legislative formatting (e.g., 'Sec. 71.0354', 'SECTION 1').

Consolidated scattered text blocks into coherent sections, removing blank lines and reorganizing content for readability while keeping all substantive legal text intact.

Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2025

How they voted

9946
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 147
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic60
58 Yea 2 Nay
96% Yea
R Republican87
41 Yea 44 Nay 2
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 23, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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