---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions."
description: "Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1571"
citation: "Texas HB 1571 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries (I0054)", "City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Muñoz, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/380b04a9-e398-4335-808e-f675a86ce95c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1571.xml"
source_hash: "105608a70879040e1efa1b588dc391365655a5b91c395a8367dacb5f56b545f2"
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 1571 (87) — Relating to an exemption for certain cemeteries from cemetery location restrictions.

## 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/HB01571I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01571E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01571H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01571S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01571F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Muñoz, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Land & Resource Management `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-23** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-23** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-30** 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** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **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`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-18** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-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`
- **2021-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-14** 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/380b04a9-e398-4335-808e-f675a86ce95c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).