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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents."
+description: "Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 4765"
+citation: "Texas HB 4765 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION (S0101)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2e1f11-5287-4da3-8460-21da50f7f6ef"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4765.xml"
+source_hash: "4223f8863d6e0d07a3d85d574e6c0572bb3519ded5c37cbeb02edce9649a8879"
+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 4765 (88) — Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents.
+
+## 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/HB04765I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20** 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** 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 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/7c2e1f11-5287-4da3-8460-21da50f7f6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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