---
title: City Government--Land Use & Zoning - Texas Legislation
subject: City Government--Land Use & Zoning
total_bills: 19
unique_authors: 16
critical_bills: 7
high_cost_bills: 4
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-land-use-zoning"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# City Government--Land Use & Zoning

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 19
- **Unique Authors:** 16
- **Critical Compliance:** 7 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 4 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 11

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 11 bills
- **Senate:** 8 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 7 bills
- **Moderate:** 8 bills
- **Low:** 4 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 4 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Cesar Blanco** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Cole Hefner** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Donna Howard** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Erin Gamez** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Gary Gates** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [City Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government) (19 shared bills)
- [Civil Remedies & Liabilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/civil-remedies-liabilities) (8 shared bills)
- [County Government--Land Use & Zoning](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government-land-use-zoning) (7 shared bills)
- [Housing](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing) (7 shared bills)
- [County Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government) (7 shared bills)
- [Housing--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing-general) (6 shared bills)
- [PUBLIC NOTICE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/public-notice) (4 shared bills)
- [Property Interests](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/property-interests) (4 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Municipal Governing Bodies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/municipal-governing-bodies) - 4 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 3 bills
- [Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-housing-and-community-affairs) - 1 bills
- [County Appraisal Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-appraisal-districts) - 1 bills
- [Texas Historical Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-historical-commission) - 1 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB21](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb21-89th-regular) | Relating to housing finance corporations; ... | Critical | High |
| [HB3680](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3680-89th-regular) | Relating to subdivision plat requirements ... | Critical | High |
| [SB1883](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1883-89th-regular) | Relating to the approval of land use assum... | Critical | High |
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulation o... | Critical | High |
| [HB2559](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2559-89th-regular) | Relating to the imposition by a municipali... | Critical | Low |
| [SB15](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb15-89th-regular) | Relating to size and density requirements ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB785](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb785-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB21](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb21-89th-regular) | Relating to housing finance corporati... | Gary Gates (R) | Critical |
| [HB24](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb24-89th-regular) | Relating to procedures for changes to... | Angelia Orr (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2421](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2421-89th-regular) | Relating to the date of dissolution o... | Donna Howard (D) | Low |
| [HB2464](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2464-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a munici... | Cole Hefner (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2559](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2559-89th-regular) | Relating to the imposition by a munic... | Jared Patterson (R) | Critical |
| [HB3680](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3680-89th-regular) | Relating to subdivision plat requirem... | Erin Gamez (D) | Critical |
| [HB4163](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4163-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of a city t... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Low |
| [HB4506](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4506-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic delivery of no... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1035](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1035-89th-regular) | Relating to equitable relief from the... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1121](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1121-89th-regular) | Relating to excepting certain communi... | Robert Nichols (R) | Moderate |
| [SB15](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb15-89th-regular) | Relating to size and density requirem... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |
| [SB1567](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1567-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of home-rul... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1579](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1579-89th-regular) | Relating to the appointment of a rece... | Cesar Blanco (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1883](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1883-89th-regular) | Relating to the approval of land use ... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |
| [SB2477](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2477-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulat... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2835](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2835-89th-regular) | Relating to municipal regulation of s... | Nathan Johnson (D) | Low |
| [SB710](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb710-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment and use... | Sarah Eckhardt (D) | Low |
| [SB785](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb785-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of new HUD... | Peter Flores (R) | Critical |
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulat... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-land-use-zoning)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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