---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents."
description: "Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4765"
citation: "Texas HB 4765 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION (S0101)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2e1f11-5287-4da3-8460-21da50f7f6ef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04700_HB04799/HB 4765.xml"
source_hash: "4223f8863d6e0d07a3d85d574e6c0572bb3519ded5c37cbeb02edce9649a8879"
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 4765 (88) — Relating to inheritance rights of adoptive parents.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB04765I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04765F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **138–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Record vote
- **2023-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-05** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2e1f11-5287-4da3-8460-21da50f7f6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).