---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on certain death certificates."
description: "Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on certain death certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Texas HB 723 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "Health--General (I0385)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Johnson, Julie", "Patterson", "Paxton", "Shaheen", "Turner, John"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-12-03"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10729c56-7ed3-4b31-89a8-948bb1526eec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 723.xml"
source_hash: "df72017c901d767d925d824b9114d4fabbca59cb47326c1143c2893547789165"
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 723 (87) — Relating to notice of a modification to the medical certification information on certain death certificates.

## 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/HB00723I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00723E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00723H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00723S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00723F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Turner, John — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** 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** 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** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **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 Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** 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/10729c56-7ed3-4b31-89a8-948bb1526eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).