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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest."
description: "Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Texas HB 300 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lang", "Murr", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057861c5-407f-4010-9c3b-eb5231c27b65"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 300.xml"
source_hash: "c0a49e55d05ce97df4516b7e7d6f61d0d80d2a2e28d0314076b8b61804cefcc0"
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 300 (86) — Relating to inquest summary reports and the preservation of evidence collected in the course of an inquest.
## 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/HB00300I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1430** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lang — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057861c5-407f-4010-9c3b-eb5231c27b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).