---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes in certain counties."
description: "Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1011"
citation: "Texas HB 1011 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Religion (I0646)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guerra", "Oliverson", "Turner, John", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3c8e89b-3fb5-4549-a376-86aaff2cb045"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1011.xml"
source_hash: "26a67255c3478c67291b4f5ff1b41a4c31d6aac61dcbbb9aa326781834cccb95"
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 1011 (87) — Relating to expedited death certificates for religious purposes in certain counties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01011I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01011E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01011H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01011S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01011F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guerra — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-29** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3c8e89b-3fb5-4549-a376-86aaff2cb045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).