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HB3803 • 2025

Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Lambert
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective immediately
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective immediately

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  8. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  9. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  19. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  22. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  27. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  28. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1050

  30. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  33. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  35. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  36. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#912

  37. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  38. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  39. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  40. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  41. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  42. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  43. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  45. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  46. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  47. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  48. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  49. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  50. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  51. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  52. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  53. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  55. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  56. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  57. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  58. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

  59. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3803 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3803

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial

information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust

funds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows:

Sec.

712.010.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND

DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN

INFORMATION.

(a)

Information relating to the financial condition

of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains

directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other

than a published statement, is confidential.

(b)

A department file or record relating to the financial

condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential.

(c)

The commissioner may disclose information described by

Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality

of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner

determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and

necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or

the United States.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor