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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains."
+description: "Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3161"
+citation: "Texas HB 3161 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hull"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c36fcb-3356-494c-a05a-5b9ef539ef5f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03100_HB03199/HB 3161.xml"
+source_hash: "d3ebe4b8e7e7b020032ca1bbec24efe95c1da5c2ca8940d9e5c4f9e3101f2060"
+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 3161 (88) — Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03161I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03161E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03161H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03161S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03161F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–5** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-02** Record vote
+- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-05** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-16** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-25** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c36fcb-3356-494c-a05a-5b9ef539ef5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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