Given to Other Chamber Authored by Ron Reynolds (D) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the residential and commercial building codes of municipalities. Initially Referred to House Land & Resource Management Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 871 updates municipal building codes in Texas by adopting the 2021 International Residential Code and International Building Code as the standard for residential and commercial construction. Municipalities may review amendments made by the International Code Council to these codes after 2021. The Act applies to construction agreements made or initiated on or after January 1, 2026, and requires municipalities to adopt implementing rules by December 1, 2025. The law takes effect on September 1, 2025.
Joint authors: Gates (R); Morgan (R)
Nov 12, 2024
(H) Reynolds signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 5, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Land & Resource Management, chaired by a Republican
May 1, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 2, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
May 9, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 10, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 12, 2025
(H) Morgan signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 15, 2025
(H) Gates signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Read 2nd time (H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Reynolds amended the bill. (H) A Democrat amendment (No. 2) from Reynolds amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#2718: Yea 64 (R 15, D 49) - Nay 63 (R 60, D 3) View Source
Absent - Bonnen; Buckley; Gonzalez, J.; Harris; Martinez Fischer; Morgan
Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Vasut; Virdell
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 2837 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Pat Curry: "When Record No. 2837 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Trey Martinez Fischer: "When Record No. 2837 was taken, I was temporarily out of the house chamber. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(Thu 5/1/2025) Testifying before H Land & Resource Management as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club (Thu 5/1/2025) Testifying before H Land & Resource Management as David Walton for self (Thu 5/1/2025) Testifying before H Land & Resource Management as Kenneth Flippin for self (with US Green Building Council) (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Ben Martin for Texas Housers (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Clifford Sparks for City of Dallas (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Luke Metzger for Environment Texas (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Noah Oaks for South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Rebecca Edwards for Texas Impact (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Spencer Gutierrez for City of Sugar Land (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Tom Entsminger for National Wildlife Federation (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth (Thu 5/1/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Tsion Amare for Environmental Defense Fund
