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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral Service Commission; authorizing fees."
description: "Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral Service Commission; authorizing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Texas HB 1540 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries (I0054)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "Sunset--Commission Bills (I0772)", "CREMATORIES & CREMATION (S0553)", "FUNERALS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS (S9813)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0004)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Hall", "Lambert", "Nevárez", "Paddie", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2182f085-5af3-4fa7-a13a-1d5d7ee94279"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1540.xml"
source_hash: "b120ca1a8912ec47442809abea177aad3863795f601e755e49111c81d5febeda"
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 1540 (86) — Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Funeral Service Commission; authorizing fees.
## 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/HB01540I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1351** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Flynn — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Nevárez — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment tabled
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Amendment tabled
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2182f085-5af3-4fa7-a13a-1d5d7ee94279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).