---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disposition and removal of a decedent's remains."
description: "Relating to the disposition and removal of a decedent's remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2248"
citation: "Texas HB 2248 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers (I0387)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Notaries (I0538)", "Probate--Durable Power of Attorney (I0591)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodríguez", "Wray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37110aa0-2d6a-423f-be38-d32136ed9245"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2248.xml"
source_hash: "1bafcd41252ca69fa2602850b41752b923419aa12d4cb9373b8fbe8d74d19789"
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 2248 (86) — Relating to the disposition and removal of a decedent's remains.

## 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/HB02248I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37110aa0-2d6a-423f-be38-d32136ed9245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).