SB 1681 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to an annual boarding home facility report for certain counties and municipalities.

SB 1681 requires counties and municipalities that regulate boarding home facilities (including those needing permits under Health and Safety Code §260.004) to submit annual reports to the commission by September 30 each year. The reports must include their current standards, policies for reasonable accommodation requests, statistics on accommodation approvals/rejections, fair housing complaints, facility closures with reasons, and support activities for facility operators. Counties/municipalities must also report updates to their regulations after submission. The first report is due September 30, 2026, with the law taking effect September 1, 2025. This bill directly affects local governments managing boarding homes, focusing on transparency and compliance with housing regulations.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action May 26, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025
MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version, with significant cleanup of formatting errors and spacing issues. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the requirement for counties and municipalities to submit annual boarding home facility reports to the commission by September 30 each year, with a delayed effective date of September 30, 2026 for initial reporting.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and layout improvements were made to the text.
TECHNICAL

Removed formatting artifacts, extra line breaks, and placeholder text from the introduced version to produce clean, readable engrossed bill text.

Corrected inconsistent spacing and alignment issues throughout the document.

REQUIREMENT

The core reporting requirements for counties and municipalities regarding boarding home facilities remain the same.

TIMELINE

The reporting deadline of September 30 each year and the delayed effective date of September 30, 2026 remain unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

264
Passed
Total votes 30
Apr 30, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
16 Yea 4 Nay
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
11
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
May 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Human Services
lower
May 2, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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