---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons and to the duties of a justice of the peace or other investigator regarding unidentified bodies."
description: "Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons and to the duties of a justice of the peace or other investigator regarding unidentified bodies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1419"
citation: "Texas HB 1419 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JOHN & JOSEPH'S LAW (P63RE)", "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MISSING CHILDREN & PERSONS INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE (V0017)", "MISSING CHILDREN (S2362)", "MISSING PERSONS (S0242)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Hull", "Morales, Eddie", "Patterson", "Price", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afec705a-d766-49ae-bfc9-f86b95caa2e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1419.xml"
source_hash: "c7b772993215e3781ff31b5188c5bac87d02ea7694a0d66ec4c23f48b8d9b4b3"
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 1419 (87) — Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons and to the duties of a justice of the peace or other investigator regarding unidentified bodies.

## 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/HB01419I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01419E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01419H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01419S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01419F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `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`
- **2021-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** 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/afec705a-d766-49ae-bfc9-f86b95caa2e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).