---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death."
description: "Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1849"
citation: "Texas HB 1849 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Paxton", "Sanford", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3687b5-51b1-44bd-a718-ebc5a159d52a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1849.xml"
source_hash: "ec1df62fb1c2db690a96be044129b628b22197d02604680ecf6b0c8c717cfc42"
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 1849 (87) — Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death.

## 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/HB01849I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01849E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01849H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01849S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01849F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krause — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/5d3687b5-51b1-44bd-a718-ebc5a159d52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).