Monitoring the SessionSB 215
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Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to marker, memorial, and effigy rules adopted and enforced by cemetery organizations; authorizing a civil penalty.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Cemeteries keep style and size rules. Up to $5,000 per violation daily.
The bill bars cemetery organizations from adopting or enforcing rules that limit which business a plot owner may use to buy or install a grave marker, memorial, or effigy. It also confirms cemeteries may still set style, color, size, and installation rules, and may require markers to be flat or upright. Cemeteries that break the vendor rule face a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per violation per day, which the attorney general may sue to collect, starting September 1, 2027.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 89R SB 592 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB215 · 2026-11-09
relating to marker, memorial, and effigy rules adopted and enforced by cemetery organizations; authorizing a civil penalty.
Cemeteries keep style and size rules. Up to $5,000 per violation daily.
The bill bars cemetery organizations from adopting or enforcing rules that limit which business a plot owner may use to buy or install a grave marker, memorial, or effigy. It also confirms cemeteries may still set style, color, size, and installation rules, and may require markers to be flat or upright. Cemeteries that break the vendor rule face a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per violation per day, which the attorney general may sue to collect, starting September 1, 2027.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. 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: 100987569, 101063137.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 2025. 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: 100987569, 101063137.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Sen. West, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Feb 3, 2025: Referred to Business & Commerce
Relating to rules adopted and enforced by cemetery organizations on markers, memorials, and effigies; authorizing a civil penalty.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Cemeteries
The text as introduced · 320 words
90R2098 LRM-D By: West S.B. No. 215 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to marker, memorial, and effigy rules adopted and enforced by cemetery organizations; authorizing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 711.031, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) A rule adopted under Subsection (a)(3) may: (1) specify the style, color, size, and installation requirements of a marker, memorial, or effigy; and (2) require a marker or memorial to be installed flat or erect. SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 711, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 711.0325 to read as follows: Sec. 711.0325. PROHIBITED RULES ON MARKERS, MEMORIALS, AND EFFIGIES; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A cemetery organization may not adopt or enforce a rule restricting or limiting a business from which a plot owner may: (1) purchase a marker, memorial, or effigy; or (2) contract for the installation of a marker, memorial, or effigy. (b) A cemetery organization that violates Subsection (a) is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation for purposes of assessing the civil penalty. (c) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty authorized by Subsection (b) and may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the civil penalty, including court costs, attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a violation by a cemetery organization that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.