---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities."
description: "Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2198"
citation: "Texas HB 2198 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries (I0054)", "City Government--Finance (I0062)", "City Government--General (I0060)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Nichols"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d129ee17-e985-4657-ac20-bb7bc42607b0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02100_HB02199/HB 2198.xml"
source_hash: "f2412c73e828a7800b81945f4273ea797ec5f82e54417b41c0c93b95ce961e75"
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 2198 (86) — Relating to the use of a perpetual trust fund for a cemetery by certain municipalities.

## 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/HB02198I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Nichols — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Intergovernmental Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-31** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d129ee17-e985-4657-ac20-bb7bc42607b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).