Monitoring the SessionHB 1372
Died in committee
The bill pulls one product, long-distance body transportation coverage, out of the prepaid funeral rules that apply to other prepaid funeral sales. The caption says it is about regulation, but the text exempts this product rather than adding rules for it.
Carve-outInitial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement as a prepaid funeral benefit.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Caption: regulation. Bill: an exemption. Prepaid funeral rules stop covering these agreements.
The bill takes transportation protection agreements, which pay to move a body to a licensed holding facility or crematory when death happens more than 75 miles from the funeral home, out of the state's definition of prepaid funeral benefits. It touches funeral homes, the sellers of these agreements, and families who buy them in advance. Once it takes effect on September 1, 2025, these agreements are no longer treated as part of a prepaid funeral sales contract, so the rules in that chapter of the Finance Code stop covering them.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2807 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2807 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 18, 2024 and referred to the House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1372 · 2024-11-18
relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement as a prepaid funeral benefit.
Caption: regulation. Bill: an exemption. Prepaid funeral rules stop covering these agreements.
The bill takes transportation protection agreements, which pay to move a body to a licensed holding facility or crematory when death happens more than 75 miles from the funeral home, out of the state's definition of prepaid funeral benefits. It touches funeral homes, the sellers of these agreements, and families who buy them in advance. Once it takes effect on September 1, 2025, these agreements are no longer treated as part of a prepaid funeral sales contract, so the rules in that chapter of the Finance Code stop covering them.
[x] CARVE-OUTanalysis confidence 55%
The bill pulls one product, long-distance body transportation coverage, out of the prepaid funeral rules that apply to other prepaid funeral sales. The caption says it is about regulation, but the text exempts this product rather than adding rules for it.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 17, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$70,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 30, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101007425, 101036903, 101073060.
$60,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jul 9, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100968808, 101070449.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Raymond, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 5, 2023: Referred to Business & Commerce
Relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement as a prepaid funeral benefit.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 18, 2024
03/11/2025 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Mar 11 2025 3:26PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Pensions, Investments & Financial Services · Final status: Died in committee
Business & Commerce--General
Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions
Transportation--Miscellaneous
FUNERALS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The text as introduced · 224 words
89R210 SHH-D By: Raymond H.B. No. 1372 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the regulation of a transportation protection agreement as a prepaid funeral benefit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 154.002, Finance Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (9) and adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows: (9) "Prepaid funeral benefits" means prearranged or prepaid funeral or cemetery services or funeral merchandise, including an alternative container, casket, or outer burial container. The term does not include : (A) a grave, marker, monument, tombstone, crypt, niche, plot, or lawn crypt unless it is sold in contemplation of trade for a funeral service or funeral merchandise to which this chapter applies ; or (B) a transportation protection agreement . (15) "Transportation protection agreement" means an agreement to pay for transportation of a body from the place of death to a licensed holding facility or licensed crematory, if the place of death is more than 75 miles from the location of the licensed facility that will provide the funeral services. SECTION 2. Section 154.151, Finance Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) A transportation protection agreement is not considered to be a part of a sales contract for prepaid funeral benefits. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.