H.B. No. 3803

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows:

Sec. 712.010. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. (a) Information relating to the financial condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other than a published statement, is confidential.

(b) A department file or record relating to the financial condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential.

(c) The commissioner may disclose information described by Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or the United States.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the House on April 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor