---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain unclaimed property that is presumed abandoned."
description: "Relating to certain unclaimed property that is presumed abandoned."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3598"
citation: "Texas HB 3598 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "Property Interests--Personal Property (I0600)", "ADVERTISING (S2680)", "SUBPOENAS (S8341)", "UNCLAIMED PROPERTY (S0585)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "AUDITOR", "STATE (V4364)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez Fischer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb33e6a5-c7b6-40ec-8983-ab08fb4cd7ec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3598.xml"
source_hash: "24a02e498723272afea328e9d3aeb36d0af7e754a97af6acf58b75ca96b80361"
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 3598 (86) — Relating to certain unclaimed property that is presumed abandoned.

## 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/HB03598I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Business & Industry `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
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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 immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb33e6a5-c7b6-40ec-8983-ab08fb4cd7ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).