---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the time for making required reports of deceased residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of state."
description: "Relating to the time for making required reports of deceased residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1264"
citation: "Texas HB 1264 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Cain", "Harless", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7c504e1-8585-4414-ac01-b87907734074"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1264.xml"
source_hash: "2660cd996c47e64e354f2ab166253595ee05ee9d7874335396ce059750c45b6d"
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 1264 (87) — Relating to the time for making required reports of deceased residents of this state to a voter registrar and to the secretary of state.

## 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/HB01264I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01264E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01264H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01264S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01264F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** 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** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/f7c504e1-8585-4414-ac01-b87907734074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).