republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-3803.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds."
description: "Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3803"
citation: "Texas HB 3803 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKING", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8741)", "Cemeteries (I0054)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lambert", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1624e129-31dc-47ee-8058-7084022ff97c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3803.xml"
source_hash: "be375fb40f5ce690c334b3df82dbb7dc4c04d3cde329f39b670cb51acb1b72c8"
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 3803 (89R) — Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03803I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03803E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03803H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03803S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03803F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lambert — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-16** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Transferred to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1624e129-31dc-47ee-8058-7084022ff97c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).