HB1722 • 2025

Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Tepper
Last action: 2025-05-05
Official status: 05/05/2025 S Referred to Transportation
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

What This Bill Does

Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

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Bill History

2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Transportation
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#727
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#618
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably as substituted
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Transportation
2025-01-02 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 1722 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R17222 AND-F

By: Tepper

H.B. No. 1722

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an owner's or lessee's access to property through a

Texas Department of Transportation highway right-of-way.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 203, Transportation Code,

is amended by adding Section 203.113 to read as follows:

Sec.

203.113.

OWNER OR LESSEE ACCESS TO CERTAIN PROPERTY.

(a)

Notwithstanding any other law, the department may not prohibit

or otherwise restrict a person from accessing property the person

owns or leases that:

(1) is adjacent to a highway right-of-way;

(2)

could be accessed legally from the roadway before

the department assumed authority over the right-of-way; and

(3)

was acquired or constructed before the department

assumed authority over the right-of-way.

(b)

This section does not prohibit the department or the

commission from acquiring a person's interest in property described

by Subsection (a) through purchase, condemnation, or other means as

authorized by Subchapter D or other law.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.