SB929

SB929 expressly applies the weekend-and-legal-holiday extension to deadlines throughout Texas’s mechanic’s-lien chapter, not just periods counted in days. These liens are claims against property associated with qualifying construction, design, landscaping or demolition work. If a notice/action deadline or the last day of a counted period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, it extends to the next day that is none of those. Previously, the wording referred only to “computing the period of days” and “the last day of the period.” The change addresses fixed-date deadlines as well; it does not extend every deadline by a set number of days. Section 1; Prior timing rule; Existing affidavit deadlines.

The act also repairs outdated cross-references in the special lien-inception rule. Section 53.124(e) now points to section 53.021(3), (4) and (5): qualifying licensed architect/engineer/surveyor services, landscaping work/supplies, and demolition work/materials. For these liens, inception and priority relative to other mechanic’s liens depend on recording the lien affidavit. They are not valid or enforceable against a grantee or purchaser who acquired an interest before inception. The substantive recording rule is retained; old references to (c), (d) and (e) are replaced with the current numbering. It is not a new blanket recording-date rule for every construction lien. Section 2; Referenced claimants and contract condition; General and special inception rules.

The governor signed SB929 on May 21, 2025, and it took effect immediately that day. Its two-thirds-vote condition was met; September 1 was only the fallback date in the bill. History; Section 3 and vote certifications.