---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts."
description: "Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1373"
citation: "Texas SB 1373 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common Carriers (I0070)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "OATHS (S0005)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)", "Property Interests--General (I0620)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c2b826-d7b3-4b07-85a8-55872978dfb8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1373.xml"
source_hash: "a5d3dee4b09401b36b51d5f1806f39fa048c1fc7f66329c6309b9c80b948f1a1"
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 1373 (88) — Relating to decedents' estates and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with those estates or multiple-party accounts.

## 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/SB01373I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01373E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01373H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01373S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01373F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-11** Read
- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** 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/64c2b826-d7b3-4b07-85a8-55872978dfb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).