---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings."
description: "Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1457"
citation: "Texas SB 1457 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANS & WARDS (S0301)", "INCAPACITATED PERSONS (S0353)", "Probate--Guardians & Related Trusts (I0589)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Garcia", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e5dd76f-33a1-4ba3-a688-032436c834f4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1457.xml"
source_hash: "26b4fc0c25be87ec0acb2ad6b08686c58d13f24747668dcaa8996b1ffbec21ff"
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 1457 (88) — Relating to guardianships and the delivery of certain notices or other communications in connection with guardianship proceedings.

## 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/SB01457I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01457E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01457H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01457S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01457F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, 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
- **2023-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** House passage reported `passage`
- **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/5e5dd76f-33a1-4ba3-a688-032436c834f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).