---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery."
description: "Relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2812"
citation: "Texas HB 2812 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries (I0054)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "TRUSTS (S1018)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Morrison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/294212f2-b1e0-4718-919c-3276663e2c17"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2812.xml"
source_hash: "1e83d95ddd573d18c2fb0b2f83f1a67e9570736f726566d3d9ac77c9151bb17a"
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 2812 (86) — Relating to the use by certain municipalities of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery.

## 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/HB02812I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Record vote
- **2019-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** 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/294212f2-b1e0-4718-919c-3276663e2c17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).