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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 402: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 402 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities. Primary sponsor: Briscoe Cain (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 28, 2025): Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Briscoe CainPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Tony TinderholtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source