SB1802 • 2025

Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

Housing

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Alvarado
Last action: 2025-05-27
Official status: 05/27/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

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Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

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Bill History

2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Co-author authorized
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Alvarado
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Amended
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment as amended
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the Senate
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably as substituted
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Co-author authorized
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-13 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Business & Commerce
2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

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89(R) SB 1802 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Alvarado, et al.

S.B. No. 1802

(Button)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain

conditions.

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

SECTION 1. Section 92.052(a), Property Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) A landlord shall make a diligent effort to repair or

remedy a condition if:

(1) the tenant specifies the condition in a notice to

the person to whom or to the place where rent is normally paid;

(2) the tenant is not delinquent in the payment of rent

at the time notice is given; and

(3) the condition:

(A) materially affects the physical health or

safety of an ordinary tenant; or

(B) arises from
:

(i)
the landlord's failure to provide and

maintain in good operating condition a device to supply hot water of

a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit
; or

(ii)

the landlord's failure to maintain in

good operating condition a ramp, elevator, or handrail located on

the route to or from or inside of the tenant's dwelling
.

SECTION 2. Section 92.056, Property Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to

read as follows:

(b) A landlord is liable to a tenant as provided by this

subchapter if:

(1) the tenant has given the landlord notice to repair

or remedy a condition by giving that notice to the person to whom or

to the place where the tenant's rent is normally paid;

(2) the condition
:

(A)
materially affects the physical health or

safety of an ordinary tenant;
or

(B)

arises from the landlord's failure to

maintain in good operating condition or provide a functionally

equivalent alternative to a ramp, elevator, or handrail located on

an accessible route to or from or inside of the tenant's dwelling;

(3) the tenant has given the landlord a subsequent

written notice to repair or remedy the condition after a reasonable

time to repair or remedy the condition following the notice given

under Subdivision (1) or the tenant has given the notice under

Subdivision (1) by sending that notice by certified mail, return

receipt requested, by registered mail, or by another form of mail

that allows tracking of delivery from the United States Postal

Service or a private delivery service;

(4) the landlord has had a reasonable time to repair or

remedy the condition after the landlord received the tenant's

notice under Subdivision (1) and, if applicable, the tenant's

subsequent notice under Subdivision (3);

(5) the landlord has not made a diligent effort to

repair or remedy the condition after the landlord received the

tenant's notice under Subdivision (1) and, if applicable, the

tenant's notice under Subdivision (3); and

(6) the tenant was not delinquent in the payment of

rent at the time any notice required by this subsection was given.

(e-1)

If a landlord is liable to a tenant under Subsection

(b)(2)(B), the landlord may provide at no cost to the tenant

alternative housing accommodations until the condition described

by that subsection is repaired or remedied or until the end of the

tenant's lease term.

(e-2)

Nothing in this section may be construed to require a

landlord or other property owner to provide alternative housing

accommodations or relocation assistance to any person.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a lease entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of

this Act. A lease entered into or renewed before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before

that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.