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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act."
+description: "Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 3929"
+citation: "Texas HB 3929 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Leach", "Price", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/826e816c-e750-4950-ad57-db015481cbc0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3929.xml"
+source_hash: "4603643bacf99d8ac2e0a2c1b37e82d4b209ebbbbfd7110f80658342c9d5980f"
+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 3929 (88) — Relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
+
+## 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/HB03929I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03929E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03929H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03929S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03929F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Price — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Record vote
+- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-10** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **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 reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-11** 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/826e816c-e750-4950-ad57-db015481cbc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+