Bills affecting Homeowner in Texas — 2026 session

Relating to the authority of certain persons to obtain third-party review of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document.

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

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain disabled veterans and their surviving spouses.

Relating to certain municipal and county regulation of certain multifamily and mixed-use residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

Relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities; authorizing a fee.

Relating to requirements that certain plats for the subdivision of land include evidence of groundwater supply.

Relating to the requirements for applications for low income housing tax credits for developments financed through the private activity bond program.

Relating to housing finance corporations and to the location of residential developments owned by those corporations.

Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of all or part of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain individuals who are employed by the district.

Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of a property other than a residence homestead that is the primary residence of an adult who has an intellectual or developmental disability and who must be related to the owner or trustee of the property within a certain degree by consanguinity.

Relating to the operation near a public or private primary or secondary school of a retail establishment selling cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping apparatuses, or tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value for ad valorem tax purposes of certain leased residential real property.

Relating to prohibiting the foreclosure of a lien-free or mortgage-free residence homestead by a local taxing entity.

Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions.

Relating to the regulation by a property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots.

Relating to municipal approval of subdivision plans or plats in certain municipalities.

Relating to the regulation of manufactured home rental communities located in certain counties.

Relating to the authority of a county to cancel subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the operation of e-cigarette retailers near public primary or secondary schools.

Relating to county and municipal authority to prohibit the operation of e-cigarette retailers near primary or secondary schools.