---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the cemeteries in certain counties."
description: "Relating to the cemeteries in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4179"
citation: "Texas HB 4179 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries (I0054)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Miller", "Reynolds", "Stephenson", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0576704-fbe3-4b62-aeab-2fc9f89b132b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04100_HB04199/HB 4179.xml"
source_hash: "73e5c842c61f9537bbd5c3f294f6d6419200dba99a988b4801cefab4a01a8076"
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 4179 (86) — Relating to the cemeteries in certain counties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB04179I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Miles — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Reynolds — primary (person)
- Stephenson — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-24** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0576704-fbe3-4b62-aeab-2fc9f89b132b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).