---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to guardianship matters."
description: "Relating to guardianship matters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 746"
citation: "Texas SB 746 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "GUARDIANS & WARDS (S0301)", "PROCESS SERVERS (S0725)", "Probate--Guardians & Related Trusts (I0589)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93f15d7-bd82-428b-84f3-31b53b935ebe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 746.xml"
source_hash: "59c5c0806054704786c585e71089f94247674d6f6c132656822d1ddf70d3b473"
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 SB 746 (89R) — Relating to guardianship matters.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00746I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00746E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00746H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00746S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00746F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Schoolcraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- **2025-05-12** Subcommittee meeting cancelled
- **2025-05-13** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-15** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Record vote
- **2025-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a93f15d7-bd82-428b-84f3-31b53b935ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).