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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest."
+description: "Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 300"
+citation: "Texas HB 300 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lang", "Murr", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057861c5-407f-4010-9c3b-eb5231c27b65"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 300.xml"
+source_hash: "c0a49e55d05ce97df4516b7e7d6f61d0d80d2a2e28d0314076b8b61804cefcc0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 300 (86) — Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00300I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lang — primary (person)
+- Murr — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057861c5-407f-4010-9c3b-eb5231c27b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+