H.B. No. 900
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the liability of a landlord for damages resulting from
  the execution of a writ of possession in an eviction suit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 24.0061, Property Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
         (i)  A landlord is not liable for damages to the tenant
  resulting from the execution of a writ of possession by an officer
  under this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 24.0061(i), Property Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to the execution of a writ of possession
  issued in an eviction suit filed on or after the effective date of
  this Act. Execution of a writ of possession issued in an eviction
  suit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 900 on May 27, 2021, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 900 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 134,
  Nays 7, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 900 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  2; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  900 on May 29, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor