---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the right to vacate and avoid liability under a residential lease after a tenant's death."
description: "Relating to the right to vacate and avoid liability under a residential lease after a tenant's death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 69"
citation: "Texas HB 69 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Interests--Landlord & Tenant (I0610)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailes", "Collier", "Minjarez", "Rodriguez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1f8814e-de92-4eed-aca6-c03d254e292c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 69.xml"
source_hash: "6019269861b07490d2349b1efc172feb7bb91b53660657584d5b5745b6587fbb"
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 69 (86) — Relating to the right to vacate and avoid liability under a residential lease after a tenant's death.

## 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/HB00069I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailes — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1f8814e-de92-4eed-aca6-c03d254e292c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).