---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to decedents' estates, transfer on death deeds, and matters involving probate courts."
description: "Relating to decedents' estates, transfer on death deeds, and matters involving probate courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2782"
citation: "Texas HB 2782 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodríguez", "Wray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6cb54c-5bca-4684-b98c-002e4af24e89"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2782.xml"
source_hash: "abc4a926bda76e405b528768dea11dae640ceaa47326984ef63cf8ffb74ae4d1"
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 2782 (86) — Relating to decedents' estates, transfer on death deeds, and matters involving probate courts.

## 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/HB02782I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **139–2** (fail) · upper
- passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** 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
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** 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 as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again 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 as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/3a6cb54c-5bca-4684-b98c-002e4af24e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).