TX SB844

Defines "proposed comprehensive zoning change" as municipal proposals to change zoning regulations that allow more residential development uniformly across districts, adopt new citywide zoning codes/maps, or create overlay districts along major roadways/transit corridors that increase residential development

Requires municipalities to publish notice of zoning hearings on their website (in addition to newspaper publication) at least 15 days before the hearing

Establishes protest thresholds for non-comprehensive zoning changes: protests require signatures from owners of 20% of affected land, 60% of adjoining land within 200 feet, or 20% of adjoining land for gambling/sports wagering-related changes

Requires three-fourths supermajority vote of the governing body to override protests filed by affected property owners (20% threshold) or gambling-related protests; majority vote required for 60% adjoining landowner protests

Creates a 60-day statute of limitations for legal challenges to zoning changes that allow more residential development, after which such changes are conclusively presumed valid

Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies only to zoning proposals made on or after that date