HB 232
87-0 (2021)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child.
House: Corrections
Referred to Corrections
HB 526
87-0 (2021)
Author: White, James
Relating to the time period during which a court must interview certain children in chambers on issues regarding conservatorship and residence in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 567
87-0 (2021)
Author: Frank, James B. | et. al.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan | et. al.
Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 576
87-0 (2021)
Author: White, James
Relating to the time for rendering a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 607
87-0 (2021)
Author: Howard, Donna | et. al.
Relating to a Department of Family and Protective Services plan to address the substitute care capacity needs in certain child protective services regions.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 608
87-0 (2021)
Author: Howard, Donna | et. al.
Relating to a Department of Family and Protective Services report on youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are parents.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 630
87-0 (2021)
Author: White, James
Relating to the requirement that a court interview certain children in chambers on issues regarding conservatorship and residence in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 683
87-0 (2021)
Author: Minjarez, Ina | et. al.
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
HB 756
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 803
87-0 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 851
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cook, David | et. al.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the admission by a party of a material and substantial change of circumstances in a motion to modify an order in certain family law cases.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 852
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cook, David
Relating to the powers, duties, and qualifications of an amicus attorney in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 853
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cook, David | et. al.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to orders for possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Removed from local & uncontested calendar
HB 866
87-0 (2021)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to the protection of certain information from disclosure in suits affecting the parent-child relationship and to service of process in those suits on a party whose information is protected from disclosure; providing a punishment for contempt of court.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 868
87-0 (2021)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 913
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to an award of costs and attorney's fees and the imposition of sanctions in certain suits for the dissolution of a marriage or affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Received from the House
HB 1112
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the mandatory transfer of certain protective orders that affect a party's right to possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1135
87-0 (2021)
Author: Morales, Christina | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the terms and conditions of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Removed from local & uncontested calendar
HB 1171
87-0 (2021)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
Relating to appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem to represent an unborn child during a court proceeding authorizing a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1185
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the deadline for filing a petition for the termination of the parent-child relationship in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1187
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as a relative or other designated caregiver for a child.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 1235
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the power of associate judges to render and sign certain ancillary orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1315
87-0 (2021)
Author: Johnson, Jarvis | et. al.Sponsor: Powell, Beverly
Relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 1317
87-0 (2021)
Author: Noble, Candy
Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1318
87-0 (2021)
Author: Noble, Candy
Relating to a petition or motion filed in a suit for termination of the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1319
87-0 (2021)
Author: Noble, Candy
Relating to the time for rendering a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1334
87-0 (2021)
Author: Pacheco, Leo
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children.
House: Human Services
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 1386
87-0 (2021)
Author: Harris, Cody | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
House: Public Health Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 1641
87-0 (2021)
Author: Sherman, Sr., Carl
Relating to the rights of a foster parent.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1700
87-0 (2021)
Author: Gates, Gary
Relating to certain procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1790
87-0 (2021)
Author: Darby, Drew | et. al.
Relating to the notice provided to certain individuals on termination of the parent-child relationship and on placement of a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Considered in Calendars
HB 1849
87-0 (2021)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.Sponsor: Paxton, Angela
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 1868
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the powers of associate judges in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1895
87-0 (2021)
Author: Gates, Gary
Relating to procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services and to reports of child abuse or neglect; creating a civil cause of action.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2058
87-0 (2021)
Author: Klick, StephanieSponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 2123
87-0 (2021)
Author: Campos, Liz
Relating to requiring training in cultural competence for certain employees of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2153
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the definition of abuse of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2200
87-0 (2021)
Author: Gates, Gary
Relating to certain procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2298
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cason, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of the person's rights in connection with an investigation conducted by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2299
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cason, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to certain procedures for taking possession of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2308
87-0 (2021)
Author: Gates, Gary | et. al.Sponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois | et. al.
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Removed from local & uncontested calendar
HB 2454
87-0 (2021)
Author: Campos, Liz
Relating to mandatory family violence training for attorneys ad litem and guardians ad litem appointed in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2536
87-0 (2021)
Author: Krause, Matt | et. al.Sponsor: Buckingham, Dawn | et. al.
Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 2550
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to services provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 2551
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain placements for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2552
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain Department of Family and Protective Services procedures during an investigation of child abuse or neglect.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2634
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2680
87-0 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey | et. al.
Relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a parental child safety placement.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 2712
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2923
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain persons who are disqualified from serving as the personal representative of a decedent's estate.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2924
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 2926
87-0 (2021)
Author: Parker, Tan | et. al.Sponsor: Buckingham, Dawn | et. al.
Relating to the reinstatement of the parent-child relationship with respect to a person whose parental rights have been involuntarily terminated and to certain requirements in relation to the termination of the parent-child relationship or placement of a child in substitute care.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 2932
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain procedures in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2935
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services without taking possession of the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2952
87-0 (2021)
Author: Neave, Victoria
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the calculation and enforcement of child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 2970
87-0 (2021)
Author: Cason, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to contacting certain relatives of a child in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3009
87-0 (2021)
Author: Ramos, Ana-Maria | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to child custody evaluations.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 3041
87-0 (2021)
Author: Frank, James B. | et. al.Sponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the provision of certain services by the Department of Family and Protective Services as an alternative to removing a child and certain procedures with respect to children in the managing conservatorship of the department.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 3103
87-0 (2021)
Author: Campos, Liz
Relating to creating a database of individuals found by the Department of Family and Protective Services to have abused or neglected a child two or more times.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3187
87-0 (2021)
Author: Krause, Matt
Relating to divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3188
87-0 (2021)
Author: Krause, Matt
Relating to a divorce on the ground of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3190
87-0 (2021)
Author: Krause, Matt | et. al.
Relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 3203
87-0 (2021)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the standard possession order and alternative possession times in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
HB 3231
87-0 (2021)
Author: Leach, Jeff
Relating to the rights and duties of parents and the protection of parental rights in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3462
87-0 (2021)
Author: Morales Shaw, Penny
Relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain students at public institutions of higher education who are parents.
House: Higher Education Senate: Higher Education
Referred to Higher Education
HB 3691
87-0 (2021)
Author: Frank, James B. | et. al.Sponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the statewide implementation of community-based foster care by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on intent calendar
HB 3774
87-0 (2021)
Author: Leach, Jeff | et. al.Sponsor: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
See remarks for effective date
HB 3962
87-0 (2021)
Author: Neave, Victoria
Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 4034
87-0 (2021)
Author: Schaefer, Matt
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem to represent an unborn child during a court proceeding authorizing a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 4168
87-0 (2021)
Author: Sanford, Scott
Relating to the rights of a parent with a child in a child-care facility.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 4240
87-0 (2021)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Placed on intent calendar
HB 4381
87-0 (2021)
Author: White, James
Relating to requiring notice to parties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship of options for periods of possession of or access to a child under a standard possession order.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 4537
87-0 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HCR 118
87-0 (2021)
Author: Leach, JeffSponsor: Huffman, Joan
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3774.
Filed with the Secretary of State
SB 52
87-0 (2021)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 185
87-0 (2021)
Author: Perry, Charles | et. al.Sponsor: White, James
Relating to the time for entering a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
House appoints conferees-reported
SB 190
87-0 (2021)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 286
87-0 (2021)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Neave, Victoria
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and child support, including the payment of spousal maintenance by an obligor ordered to pay child support and the disclaimer of a property interest by a child support obligor.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
SB 348
87-0 (2021)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois | et. al.Sponsor: Jetton, Jacey
Relating to parental access to public school virtual instruction and instructional materials for virtual and remote learning.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
SB 452
87-0 (2021)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Rose, Toni
Relating to prevention and early intervention programs and practices.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/21
SB 536
87-0 (2021)
Author: Eckhardt, Sarah
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination and postpartum or contraception-related medical treatment.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 567
87-0 (2021)
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.Sponsor: Neave, Victoria
Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/21
SB 733
87-0 (2021)
Author: Paxton, Angela
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 734
87-0 (2021)
Author: Paxton, AngelaSponsor: White, James
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by a charitable organization that provides services related to the placement of a child in a foster or adoptive home.
House: Ways & Means Senate: Finance
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 746
87-0 (2021)
Author: Miles, BorrisSponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to requiring the parent of a student enrolled in a school district to provide and update a parent's contact information.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
SB 1178
87-0 (2021)
Author: Birdwell, Brian | et. al.
Relating to the rights and duties of parents and the protection of parental rights in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 1476
87-0 (2021)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the admission by a party of a material and substantial change of circumstances in a motion to modify an order in certain family law cases.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1530
87-0 (2021)
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
SB 1576
87-0 (2021)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the procedures and grounds for taking possession of a child and authorizing a family preservation services pilot program as an alternative to removal in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1631
87-0 (2021)
Author: Miles, Borris
Relating to the documentation of child abuse; creating a criminal offense.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1877
87-0 (2021)
Author: Johnson, Nathan | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Co-author authorized
SB 1897
87-0 (2021)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem for children in the managing conservatorship of this state and funding those attorneys ad litem through an instant-ticket lottery.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1936
87-0 (2021)
Author: Hughes, BryanSponsor: Cook, David | et. al.
Relating to the beginning and ending possession times in certain standard possession orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/21
SB 1940
87-0 (2021)
Author: Gutierrez, Roland
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1955
87-0 (2021)
Author: Taylor, LarrySponsor: Burrows, Dustin
Relating to exempting learning pods from certain local government regulations.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
SB 1968
87-0 (2021)
Author: Bettencourt, Paul | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
Senate: Education
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 2011
87-0 (2021)
Author: Menéndez, José
Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody and a peace officer's duties with respect to that offense.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
SB 2015
87-0 (2021)
Author: Buckingham, Dawn
Relating to neglect of a child and the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 127
87-1 (2021)
Author: Gates, Gary
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Filed
HB 158
87-1 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes
Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
Filed
HB 264
87-1 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey
Relating to the contents of a petition in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Filed
HB 265
87-1 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey
Relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a parental child safety placement.
Filed
HB 267
87-1 (2021)
Author: Sherman, Sr., Carl
Relating to the rights of a foster parent.
Filed
HB 296
87-1 (2021)
Author: Cason, Jeff
Relating to notifying an alleged perpetrator of child abuse or neglect of the person's rights in connection with an investigation conducted by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Filed
HB 42
87-2 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey
Relating to certain procedures relating to children placed under a parental child safety placement.
Filed
HB 43
87-2 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey
Relating to the contents of a petition in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Filed
HB 118
87-2 (2021)
Author: Jetton, Jacey
Relating to foster parent recruitment.
Filed
HB 150
87-2 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
Filed
HB 176
87-2 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Filed
HB 80
87-3 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of the Family Educational Relief Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program.
Filed
HB 82
87-3 (2021)
Author: Middleton, Mayes
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Filed
HB 112
87-3 (2021)
Author: Hull, Lacey
Relating to the contents of a petition in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Filed
HB 72
86-0 (2019)
Author: White, James | et. al.Sponsor: Paxton, Angela
Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 157
86-0 (2019)
Author: White, James
Relating to requiring post-placement review and reporting for child-placing agencies providing international adoption services.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 369
86-0 (2019)
Author: Cain, Briscoe | et. al.Sponsor: Huffman, Joan
Relating to jurisdiction in a suit for adoption of a child and the mandatory transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which a suit for adoption is pending.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 391
86-0 (2019)
Author: Blanco, César | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith | et. al.
Relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
HB 473
86-0 (2019)
Author: Howard, Donna | et. al.
Relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services reporting certain information regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are parents.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 474
86-0 (2019)
Author: Howard, Donna | et. al.
Relating to a Department of Family and Protective Services plan to address the substitute care capacity needs in certain department regions.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 475
86-0 (2019)
Author: Howard, Donna | et. al.Sponsor: Watson, Kirk
Relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 507
86-0 (2019)
Author: White, James
Relating to a task force to coordinate and make recommendations on parent engagement and education programs provided by state agencies.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 541
86-0 (2019)
Author: González, Mary | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the right to express breast milk.
House: State Affairs Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 553
86-0 (2019)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to notice regarding summer weekend possession of a child under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 554
86-0 (2019)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: Huffman, Joan | et. al.
Relating to temporary orders during the pendency of an appeal in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 575
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 576
86-0 (2019)
Author: White, James
Relating to providing financial assistance to certain persons who care for a child under a parental child safety placement; creating a criminal offense; creating a civil penalty.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 743
86-0 (2019)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the appointment and duties of an attorney ad litem for certain relatives in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 881
86-0 (2019)
Author: Bell, Cecil | et. al.Sponsor: Campbell, Donna
Relating to the right of a parent of a deceased person to view the person's body before an autopsy is performed.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 922
86-0 (2019)
Author: Krause, Matt
Relating to a divorce on the ground of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
HB 1109
86-0 (2019)
Author: Swanson, Valoree | et. al.
Relating to waiving certain minimum standards for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1389
86-0 (2019)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child.
House: Corrections Senate: Criminal Justice
Referred to Criminal Justice
HB 1470
86-0 (2019)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña | et. al.
Relating to allowing the parents or guardians of certain medically dependent children to opt out of the STAR Kids managed care program under Medicaid.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1659
86-0 (2019)
Author: Guillen, Ryan | et. al.
Relating to conservatorship of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1689
86-0 (2019)
Author: Deshotel, JoeSponsor: Miles, Borris
Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 1765
86-0 (2019)
Author: Bernal, Diego
Relating to standards for certain child-care facilities that detain unaccompanied children.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1780
86-0 (2019)
Author: Miller, Rick | et. al.Sponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the mandatory dismissal date of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 1807
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to alternative times of possession under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1846
86-0 (2019)
Author: Klick, Stephanie
Relating to age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 1854
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 1910
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dean, Jay | et. al.
Relating to consideration of a child's gender identity or expression in suits affecting the parent-child relationship and other proceedings involving children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2047
86-0 (2019)
Author: Ramos, Ana-Maria
Relating to limiting possession of and access to a child by certain parents.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2080
86-0 (2019)
Author: Coleman, Garnet
Relating to family partners, family partner peer support services, and the provision of those services under the medical assistance program.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2120
86-0 (2019)
Author: Leach, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government; imposing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2157
86-0 (2019)
Author: Middleton, Mayes | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2234
86-0 (2019)
Author: Pacheco, Leo
Relating to the offense of contributing to truancy by a parent; increasing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 2264
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Reported favorably as substituted
HB 2485
86-0 (2019)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to the investigation of allegations of abuse and neglect in a residential detention facility.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2514
86-0 (2019)
Author: Martinez, ArmandoSponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the appointment of an individual qualified to conduct a child custody evaluation.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 2528
86-0 (2019)
Author: Leach, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to the protection of parental rights.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2539
86-0 (2019)
Author: Krause, Matt | et. al.
Relating to improving the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children, including children receiving benefits under the STAR Kids managed care program.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2725
86-0 (2019)
Author: Calanni, Gina | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
House: Public Health
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2756
86-0 (2019)
Author: Leach, Jeff
Relating to the protection of parental rights.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
HB 2764
86-0 (2019)
Author: Frank, James B. | et. al.Sponsor: Hughes, Bryan | et. al.
Relating to minimum standards and caregiver training for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/19
HB 2874
86-0 (2019)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2926
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hinojosa, Gina
Relating to the establishment of the family first prevention services task force.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3003
86-0 (2019)
Author: Talarico, James | et. al.
Relating to the designation of liaison officers at public institutions of higher education to assist certain students who are parents.
House: Higher Education
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3065
86-0 (2019)
Author: Kuempel, John
Relating to adoption by a stepparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3085
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to an award of costs and attorney's fees and the imposition of sanctions in certain suits for the dissolution of a marriage or affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3121
86-0 (2019)
Author: Bowers, Rhetta
Relating to an interim study of suits affecting the parent-child relationship in cases involving abuse and other harmful conduct engaged in by a party.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 3145
86-0 (2019)
Author: Toth, SteveSponsor: Creighton, Brandon
Relating to the right of a parent appointed as a conservator of a child to attend school activities.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 3309
86-0 (2019)
Author: White, James
Relating to the conservatorship and possession of, and support for, a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3331
86-0 (2019)
Author: Frank, James B.
Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3390
86-0 (2019)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.Sponsor: Paxton, Angela
Relating to caregivers for certain children, including the identification of caregivers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and an exception from licensing requirements for certain caretakers.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
HB 3414
86-0 (2019)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
Relating to alternative equal access times of possession under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3595
86-0 (2019)
Author: Sanford, Scott
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship or possession of or access to a child after a conservator's death.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 3597
86-0 (2019)
Author: Sanford, Scott
Relating to the duty of a parent appointed as a conservator of a child to inform the child's other conservator of certain medical emergencies involving the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3605
86-0 (2019)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
Relating to appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem to represent an unborn child during a judicial bypass proceeding for an abortion for a pregnant minor.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3624
86-0 (2019)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to a reduced occupational licensing fee for certain former license holders.
House: Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3691
86-0 (2019)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as a relative or other designated caregiver for a child.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3761
86-0 (2019)
Author: Miller, Rick
Relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in anticipation of a parent's military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 3841
86-0 (2019)
Author: Ramos, Ana-Maria | et. al.
Relating to military duty of a conservator of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 3888
86-0 (2019)
Author: Ramos, Ana-Maria
Relating to a school district's plan for parental involvement concerning mental health and substance use issues and suicide prevention.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 4050
86-0 (2019)
Author: Guerra, R. D. "Bobby"
Relating to the immunizations requirements of privately owned and operated child-care facilities.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 4141
86-0 (2019)
Author: AnchÃa, Rafael
Relating to the licensing of certain child-care facilities that detain certain children.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 4188
86-0 (2019)
Author: Middleton, Mayes
Relating to the authority of the Department of Family and Protective Services to conduct certain interviews of a child who is the subject of a report of abuse or neglect.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 4263
86-0 (2019)
Author: Klick, Stephanie
Relating to developing a strategic plan to ensure the provision of prevention and early intervention services complies with federal law.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 4274
86-0 (2019)
Author: Zedler, Bill
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 4354
86-0 (2019)
Author: Phelan, Dade
Relating to prevention and early intervention programs and practices.
House: Human Services
No action taken in committee
HB 4495
86-0 (2019)
Author: Murr, Andrew
Relating to the transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HR 2188
86-0 (2019)
Author: Leach, Jeff
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 891.
Reported enrolled
SB 98
86-0 (2019)
Author: Menéndez, José
Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 100
86-0 (2019)
Author: Menéndez, José
Relating to the appointment of foster parents and other qualified persons to serve as educational decision-makers for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 149
86-0 (2019)
Author: RodrÃguez, José | et. al.
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to childbirth and contraception.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Co-author authorized
SB 265
86-0 (2019)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to temporary orders during the pendency of an appeal in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 266
86-0 (2019)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to notice regarding summer weekend possession of a child under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 333
86-0 (2019)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 355
86-0 (2019)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Klick, Stephanie
Relating to developing a strategic plan regarding implementation of prevention and early intervention services and community-based care and conducting a study regarding the resources provided to foster parents.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
SB 560
86-0 (2019)
Author: Kolkhorst, LoisSponsor: Smithee, John
Relating to a plan and report on court-ordered representation for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/19
SB 787
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hancock, KellySponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to a reduced occupational licensing fee for certain former license holders.
House: Licensing & Administrative Procedures Senate: Business & Commerce
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 891
86-0 (2019)
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.Sponsor: Leach, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
See remarks for effective date
SB 951
86-0 (2019)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to the establishment of the family first prevention services task force.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 980
86-0 (2019)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to the military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty of a conservator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Veteran Affairs & Border Security
Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security
SB 1130
86-0 (2019)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of a task force on father engagement in this state.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 1175
86-0 (2019)
Author: Menéndez, José
Relating to the abuse of a child, termination of the parent-child relationship, and possession of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1204
86-0 (2019)
Author: Miles, Borris
Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1279
86-0 (2019)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Phelan, Dade
Relating to prevention and early intervention programs and practices.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 1288
86-0 (2019)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services reporting certain information regarding youth in the managing conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are parents.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1290
86-0 (2019)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to information for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1373
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1403
86-0 (2019)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the jurisdiction of a court to hear and determine issues regarding a child seeking special immigrant juvenile status.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1633
86-0 (2019)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to a program within the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System to provide reimbursement for legal representation in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1660
86-0 (2019)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1676
86-0 (2019)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Postponed
SB 2091
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Committee report printed and distributed
SB 2105
86-0 (2019)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in anticipation of a parent's military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 2142
86-0 (2019)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to a study on the use of forensic psychology in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 2198
86-0 (2019)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the enforcement of a court order for possession of or access to a child.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 2203
86-0 (2019)
Author: Fallon, Pat | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Co-author authorized
SB 2365
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the protection of parental rights.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 2369
86-0 (2019)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to consideration of a child's gender identity or expression in suits affecting the parent-child relationship and other proceedings involving children.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 2389
86-0 (2019)
Author: Powell, Beverly
Relating to the designation of liaison officers at public institutions of higher education to assist certain students who are parents.
Senate: Higher Education
Referred to Higher Education
SR 838
86-0 (2019)
Author: Huffman, Joan
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 891.
Reported enrolled
HB 7
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene | et. al.Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos | et. al.
Relating to child protective services suits, motions, and services by the Department of Family and Protective Services and to the licensing of certain facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
See remarks for effective date
HB 88
85-0 (2017)
Author: Martinez, Armando | et. al.Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan | et. al.
Relating to an unlawful employment practice by an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.
House: Business & Industry Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 93
85-0 (2017)
Author: Krause, Matt | et. al.
Relating to a divorce on the ground of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 128
85-0 (2017)
Author: Minjarez, Ina
Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 205
85-0 (2017)
Author: Keough, Mark | et. al.
Relating to procedures for ordering the required participation in services in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 289
85-0 (2017)
Author: Phelan, Dade | et. al.
Relating to protective orders for certain children who are victims of abuse or neglect.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 298
85-0 (2017)
Author: Larson, Lyle | et. al.Sponsor: Campbell, Donna
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice
Vetoed by the Governor
HB 305
85-0 (2017)
Author: Minjarez, Ina | et. al.
Relating to student harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 306
85-0 (2017)
Author: Minjarez, Ina | et. al.
Relating to harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying of a public school student or minor and certain mental health programs for public school students.
House: Public Education
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 453
85-0 (2017)
Author: White, James | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 498
85-0 (2017)
Author: Fallon, Pat
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 547
85-0 (2017)
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
House: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 610
85-0 (2017)
Author: Leach, Jeff
Relating to procedures for presenting certain evidence at placement review hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 687
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to a motion for a new trial following a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship and filing an appeal after those motions.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 688
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the filing of a court reporter's record in an appeal of a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 691
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to a court's temporary extended jurisdiction over certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 692
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to monetary assistance for a relative or other designated caregiver of children in foster care.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 697
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the inadmissibility of certain information in court as evidence of abuse or neglect of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 699
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the ability of foster parents to intervene in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 704
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene | et. al.
Relating to the required submission by certain general residential operations of information requested by courts.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 706
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to monetary assistance for a relative or other designated caregiver of children in foster care.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 707
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to certain service plans for children in the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 708
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the provision of certain evidence on request to certain parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 750
85-0 (2017)
Author: Farrar, Jessica | et. al.
Relating to a court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people seeking special immigrant juvenile status and to child protective services caseworkers assigned to those young people.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
HB 834
85-0 (2017)
Author: Parker, TanSponsor: Birdwell, Brian
Relating to regulating the custody transfer of an adopted child; creating a criminal offense.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 914
85-0 (2017)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to the administration of services provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services, including foster care, child protective, and prevention and early intervention services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1029
85-0 (2017)
Author: Zedler, Bill | et. al.
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 1042
85-0 (2017)
Author: Blanco, César
Relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.
House: Public Education
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
HB 1043
85-0 (2017)
Author: Blanco, CésarSponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to a court order authorizing temporary care of a minor child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 1080
85-0 (2017)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1132
85-0 (2017)
Author: Krause, Matt
Relating to procedures for presenting certain evidence at placement review hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1216
85-0 (2017)
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.
Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 1361
85-0 (2017)
Author: White, James | et. al.
Relating to the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship in which the court has rendered a temporary order.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Reported favorably as substituted
HB 1410
85-0 (2017)
Author: Ortega, Evelina "Lina" | et. al.Sponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the ability of foster parents to intervene in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 1444
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the court's review of the placement of a child in certain court orders relating to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1446
85-0 (2017)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to the placement of a child in the possession of the Department of Family and Protective Services with a nonoffending parent or absentee parent of the child.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1491
85-0 (2017)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the possession of a child on the child's birthday under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1495
85-0 (2017)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders during the pendency of a suit for modification of an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 1501
85-0 (2017)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to child custody evaluations; creating an offense.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 1522
85-0 (2017)
Author: White, James | et. al.
Relating to a task force to coordinate and make recommendations on parent engagement and education programs provided by state agencies.
House: State Affairs Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 1556
85-0 (2017)
Author: González, Mary | et. al.Sponsor: Menéndez, José
Relating to the appointment of foster parents and other qualified persons to serve as educational decision-makers for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Public Education Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 1617
85-0 (2017)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to procedures in a suit for dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
HB 1620
85-0 (2017)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
Relating to a voluntary temporary caregiver program providing temporary care for children removed from their homes.
House: Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1766
85-0 (2017)
Author: Alvarado, Carol | et. al.
Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on sexual assault of the child's other parent and the child support obligations of the parent whose rights were terminated.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1812
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dale, Tony | et. al.
Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on sexual assault of the child's other parent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1899
85-0 (2017)
Author: Sanford, Scott | et. al.
Relating to the rendition by a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship of an order that is contrary to the expressed wishes of the child's parent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Reported favorably as substituted
HB 2048
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Creighton, Brandon
Relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the Title IV-D agency.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 2129
85-0 (2017)
Author: Roberts, Kevin
Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to notify certain organizations regarding the adoption of certain children.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2246
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 2247
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 2294
85-0 (2017)
Author: Cain, Briscoe
Relating to jurisdiction in a suit for adoption of a child and the mandatory transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which a suit for adoption is pending.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Transferred to Calendars Committee
HB 2330
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.
Relating to information and services for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2489
85-0 (2017)
Author: Metcalf, Will
Relating to grants from the Department of Family and Protective Services to faith-based and charitable organizations that provide services to children and families.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2601
85-0 (2017)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to the required submission by certain general residential operations of information requested by courts.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 2634
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to enforcement of child support obligations.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 2636
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to court-ordered financial support by parents of an adult with a medically determinable disability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2643
85-0 (2017)
Author: Sanford, Scott
Relating to the rendition by the court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship of a temporary order over the objection of the child's parent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2849
85-0 (2017)
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.Sponsor: Perry, Charles | et. al.
Relating to the procedures for removing certain persons' names from the child abuse and neglect central registry.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 2890
85-0 (2017)
Author: Laubenberg, Jodie | et. al.
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2929
85-0 (2017)
Author: Hunter, Todd | et. al.
Relating to the qualifications for an impartial third party in certain civil disputes.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 3041
85-0 (2017)
Author: Blanco, César
Relating to the ability of a nonexempt employee to participate in certain academic, extracurricular, and developmental activities of the employee's child.
House: Business & Industry
Left pending in committee
HB 3052
85-0 (2017)
Author: Herrero, AbelSponsor: Watson, Kirk
Relating to certain protective orders and agreements involving families.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Business & Commerce
Effective on 9/1/17
HB 3108
85-0 (2017)
Author: Giddings, Helen
Relating to procedures for taking possession of a child and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 3316
85-0 (2017)
Author: Frank, James
Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3372
85-0 (2017)
Author: Smithee, John
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 3507
85-0 (2017)
Author: Anderson, Rodney
Relating to educational information regarding co-parenting on dissolution of a marriage.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3519
85-0 (2017)
Author: White, James
Relating to the ability of a child, parent, or other person responsible for a child's support to pay juvenile probation fees or court costs and fees imposed by a juvenile court.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3552
85-0 (2017)
Author: Swanson, Valoree
Relating to the foster care payment rate for certain foster parents and the reimbursement of certain expenses for the foster parent; creating a criminal offense.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 3561
85-0 (2017)
Author: Klick, Stephanie | et. al.
Relating to assistance for foster children, homeless children or youth, and unaccompanied youth.
House: Human Services
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
HB 3806
85-0 (2017)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3883
85-0 (2017)
Author: White, James
Relating to interference with possession of or access to a child; providing penalties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 4174
85-0 (2017)
Author: Elkins, Gary
Relating to the limitation on the right of a child's grandparent to request possession of or access to the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 4198
85-0 (2017)
Author: Cyrier, John
Relating to the payment by prospective adoptive parents of certain expenses of the birth mother.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 4253
85-0 (2017)
Author: Swanson, Valoree
Relating to training requirements for foster parents.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 4255
85-0 (2017)
Author: Swanson, Valoree
Relating to training requirements for foster parents.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
SB 3
85-0 (2017)
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program and a tax credit scholarship and educational expense assistance program.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Referred to Public Education
SB 11
85-0 (2017)
Author: Schwertner, Charles | et. al.Sponsor: Frank, James | et. al.
Relating to the provision of child protective services and other health and human services by certain state agencies or under contract with a state agency, including foster care, child protective, relative and kinship caregiver support, prevention and early intervention health care, and adoption services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
See remarks for effective date
SB 77
85-0 (2017)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Alvarado, Carol
Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on sexual assault of the child's other parent and the child support obligations of the parent whose rights were terminated.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 164
85-0 (2017)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to childbirth and contraception.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 180
85-0 (2017)
Author: Menéndez, José | et. al.
Relating to student harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying.
Senate: Education
Co-author authorized
SB 211
85-0 (2017)
Author: Menéndez, José
Relating to the eligibility of a relative or other designated caregiver of a foster child for monetary assistance.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 239
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, DonnaSponsor: Larson, Lyle
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 329
85-0 (2017)
Author: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons.
Senate: State Affairs
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 454
85-0 (2017)
Author: Perry, Charles | et. al.
Relating to certain protective orders in a suit for dissolution of marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, including a proceeding to adjudicate parentage.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
SB 479
85-0 (2017)
Author: Burton, Konni
Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 495
85-0 (2017)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 566
85-0 (2017)
Author: Perry, Charles | et. al.
Relating to the qualifications for a person conducting an adoption evaluation.
Senate: State Affairs
Received from the Senate
SB 698
85-0 (2017)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to certain duties of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding parental child safety placements.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 699
85-0 (2017)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to the establishment of a kinship caregiver navigator program by the Health and Human Services Commission.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 738
85-0 (2017)
Author: Kolkhorst, LoisSponsor: Schofield, Mike
Relating to the transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
See remarks for effective date
SB 739
85-0 (2017)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the postponement of certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 780
85-0 (2017)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relatives and designated caregivers.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Left pending in committee
SB 815
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship of a child.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 816
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to the rendition by a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship of an order that is contrary to the expressed wishes of the child's parent.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 820
85-0 (2017)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to leave for state employees who are foster parents or prospective foster parents.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
SB 948
85-0 (2017)
Author: Kolkhorst, LoisSponsor: Morrison, Geanie W.
Relating to certain information provided to prospective adoptive parents by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 999
85-0 (2017)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Giddings, Helen
Relating to procedures for taking possession of a child and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 1019
85-0 (2017)
Author: Creighton, Brandon
Relating to the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship in which the court has rendered a temporary order.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1161
85-0 (2017)
Author: Garcia, Sylvia
Relating to access to certain preventive health and family planning services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1234
85-0 (2017)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the possession of a child on the child's birthday under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1235
85-0 (2017)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the rendition of certain temporary orders during the pendency of a suit for modification of an order that provides for the conservatorship, support, or possession of or access to a child.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1236
85-0 (2017)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to child custody evaluations; creating an offense.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1237
85-0 (2017)
Author: RodrÃguez, JoséSponsor: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to procedures in a suit for dissolution of a marriage or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/17
SB 1329
85-0 (2017)
Author: Huffman, JoanSponsor: Smithee, John
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing a fee.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
See remarks for effective date
SB 1362
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, Donna | et. al.
Relating to notification and informational materials regarding mutual consent voluntary adoption registries.
Senate: State Affairs
Committee report printed and distributed
SB 1415
85-0 (2017)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the child protective service functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Committee report printed and distributed
SB 1536
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, Donna | et. al.
Relating to the ability of a child-placing agency to decline to provide services or accept a referral from the Department of Family and Protective Services on the basis of sincerely held religious beliefs.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1669
85-0 (2017)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to a task force to coordinate and make recommendations on parent engagement and education programs provided by state agencies.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1706
85-0 (2017)
Author: Taylor, Van
Relating to forcing or coercing a child to enter into a marriage.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1755
85-0 (2017)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to a graduation progress committee for certain public school students in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Education
Referred to Education
SB 1881
85-0 (2017)
Author: Menéndez, José | et. al.
Relating to the appointment of foster parents and other qualified persons to serve as educational decision-makers for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 1966
85-0 (2017)
Author: Creighton, Brandon
Relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the Title IV-D agency.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
SB 2114
85-0 (2017)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to certain duties of a parent or guardian regarding information in reports prepared by the Department of Family and Protective Services in adoption cases.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 58
85-1 (2017)
Author: Simmons, Ron | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of a tax credit scholarship and educational expense assistance program.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 320
85-1 (2017)
Author: VanDeaver, Gary | et. al.
Relating to the establishment of an education enhancement program for students with certain disabilities.
House: Public Education
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 58
84-0 (2015)
Author: Martinez, Armando
Relating to an unlawful employment practice by an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.
House: Business & Industry
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 212
84-0 (2015)
Author: Rose, Toni
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 231
84-0 (2015)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to extending the court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people for purposes of obtaining special immigrant juvenile status and Department of Family and Protective Services policies for handling cases involving those young people.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 232
84-0 (2015)
Author: Farrar, Jessica | et. al.
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed; creating a civil action.
House: Business & Industry
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 331
84-0 (2015)
Author: Wu, Gene | et. al.Sponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed electronically in a child protection suit.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 386
84-0 (2015)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 524
84-0 (2015)
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 532
84-0 (2015)
Author: McClendon, Ruth | et. al.
Relating to the ability of a nonexempt employee to participate in certain academic, extracurricular, and developmental activities of the employee's child.
House: Business & Industry
Left pending in committee
HB 562
84-0 (2015)
Author: Leach, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 807
84-0 (2015)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 825
84-0 (2015)
Author: Giddings, Helen | et. al.Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to procedures for identifying any Native American heritage of children in certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 826
84-0 (2015)
Author: Giddings, HelenSponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the provision of information relating to the modification of a child support order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 899
84-0 (2015)
Author: Fallon, Pat
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in certain family law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
No action taken in committee
HB 984
84-0 (2015)
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.Sponsor: Creighton, Brandon | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Co-sponsor authorized
HB 987
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to gestational agreements.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1053
84-0 (2015)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; creating grounds for contempt of court.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1143
84-0 (2015)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to information and services for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 1175
84-0 (2015)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to certain privileges of a child in a criminal or civil proceeding involving the child's parent or guardian.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1176
84-0 (2015)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to certain privileges of a parent or guardian in a criminal or civil proceeding involving a child of the parent or guardian.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1391
84-0 (2015)
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1449
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; creating an offense; authorizing fees.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 1470
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1500
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 1704
84-0 (2015)
Author: Deshotel, Joe
Relating to disclosure of pregnancy or the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 1753
84-0 (2015)
Author: White, James
Relating to dismissal of charges of failure to attend school or parent contributing to nonattendance.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1781
84-0 (2015)
Author: Bonnen, Greg | et. al.Sponsor: Taylor, Larry
Relating to access by a sibling of a child separated from the sibling due to an action by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 1782
84-0 (2015)
Author: Bonnen, GregSponsor: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Relating to protective orders against certain persons who are convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense involving family violence.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 1804
84-0 (2015)
Author: Naishtat, ElliottSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to notice by campuses and open-enrollment charter schools about events that may significantly impact the education of certain foster children.
House: Public Education Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 1825
84-0 (2015)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to references to school in the Texas Family Code.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 1826
84-0 (2015)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1828
84-0 (2015)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1898
84-0 (2015)
Author: González, Mary
Relating to state government worksite breast-feeding policies.
House: Business & Industry
Referred to Business & Industry
HB 1993
84-0 (2015)
Author: Sheffield, J. D.Sponsor: Taylor, Van
Relating to the authorization of independent school districts to use electronic means to notify parents of a student's academic performance.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
HB 2233
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the establishment of a parent education pilot program by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2363
84-0 (2015)
Author: Peña, Gilbert | et. al.
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2411
84-0 (2015)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 2429
84-0 (2015)
Author: Vo, Hubert
Relating to the persons who may consent to the medical care or immunization of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2433
84-0 (2015)
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services and procedures applicable to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, investigations of child abuse and neglect, and conservatorship of a child; affecting fee amounts and authorizing an administrative penalty.
House: Human Services
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 2514
84-0 (2015)
Author: Tinderholt, Tony
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2550
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the establishment and duties of a task force to study and make recommendations on family support and parent education programs.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 2630
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to certain programs provided to families of children at risk for abuse and neglect.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 2665
84-0 (2015)
Author: Moody, JoeSponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to access to and receipt of certain information regarding a ward by certain relatives of the ward.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
HB 2723
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 2799
84-0 (2015)
Author: Stickland, Jonathan | et. al.
Relating to home-school education for foster children.
House: Human Services
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 2837
84-0 (2015)
Author: King, Susan Lewis
Relating to authorization agreements between a parent and a relative or other person for the care and custody of the parent's child and an exemption from a licensing requirement; authorizing a fee.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2895
84-0 (2015)
Author: King, Tracy
Relating to the payment of certain attorney ad litem fees in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3003
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: Garcia, Sylvia
Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 3121
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the enforcement of orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 3274
84-0 (2015)
Author: Rodriguez, Eddie
Relating to providing a parent of a public school student with certain required notices in the parent's native language.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 3334
84-0 (2015)
Author: Burkett, Cindy
Relating to monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relatives and designated caregivers.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3538
84-0 (2015)
Author: Smithee, JohnSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Administration
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HB 3658
84-0 (2015)
Author: King, Susan Lewis
Relating to the development and administration of a parent orientation and education pilot program for recipients of subsidized child-care services.
House: Human Services Senate: Natural Resources & Economic Development
Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
HB 3715
84-0 (2015)
Author: Márquez, Marisa
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3730
84-0 (2015)
Author: Leach, Jeff
Relating to the creation of a committee to study adoption practices in this state.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3802
84-0 (2015)
Author: Rodriguez, Justin
Relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3857
84-0 (2015)
Author: Rodriguez, Justin
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3896
84-0 (2015)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.
House: Public Education
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3906
84-0 (2015)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 3943
84-0 (2015)
Author: Rinaldi, Matt
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 3949
84-0 (2015)
Author: Smithee, John
Relating to the conditions and enforcement of possession orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 3955
84-0 (2015)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 4093
84-0 (2015)
Author: Krause, Matt
Relating to repealing insupportability as a ground for divorce.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 14
84-0 (2015)
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Relating to empowering the parents of students to petition for the reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Left pending in committee
SB 26
84-0 (2015)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to state government worksite breast-feeding policies.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
SB 206
84-0 (2015)
Author: Schwertner, Charles | et. al.Sponsor: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services and procedures applicable to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, investigations of child abuse and neglect, and conservatorship of a child; affecting fee amounts and authorizing an administrative penalty.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
See remarks for effective date
SB 314
84-0 (2015)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Burkett, Cindy
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 414
84-0 (2015)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 468
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José | et. al.
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to childbirth and contraception.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Co-author authorized
SB 531
84-0 (2015)
Author: Campbell, Donna | et. al.Sponsor: Leach, Jeff | et. al.
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Considered in Calendars
SB 707
84-0 (2015)
Author: Garcia, Sylvia
Relating to access to certain preventive health and family planning services.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 712
84-0 (2015)
Author: Burton, Konni
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 812
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, JoséSponsor: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 814
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, JoséSponsor: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 818
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José | et. al.Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence; creating a criminal offense.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 819
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 820
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; creating an offense; authorizing fees.
Senate: State Affairs
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 821
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, JoséSponsor: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to references to school in the Family Code.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 823
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 950
84-0 (2015)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
SB 986
84-0 (2015)
Author: Bettencourt, Paul
Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1014
84-0 (2015)
Author: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to the possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which there is evidence of family violence, child abuse or neglect, or the sexual assault of one parent by the other parent.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 1090
84-0 (2015)
Author: Hall, Bob
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1217
84-0 (2015)
Author: Bettencourt, Paul
Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings.
Senate: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
SB 1523
84-0 (2015)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008.
Senate: State Affairs
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 1726
84-0 (2015)
Author: Creighton, BrandonSponsor: Riddle, Debbie
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1929
84-0 (2015)
Author: Garcia, Sylvia | et. al.Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1930
84-0 (2015)
Author: Garcia, Sylvia
Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
SB 1931
84-0 (2015)
Author: Garcia, Sylvia | et. al.Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/15
HB 112
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 154
83-0 (2013)
Author: Taylor, Van | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 165
83-0 (2013)
Author: Flynn, Dan
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and placement decisions for children in foster care.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 354
83-0 (2013)
Author: Guillen, Ryan
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 390
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to standing for a grandparent or certain other persons to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 391
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 393
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to possession of or access to a child by a grandparent or certain other persons.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 454
83-0 (2013)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 667
83-0 (2013)
Author: Martinez, Armando
Relating to an unlawful employment practice for an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.
House: Business & Industry
Considered in Calendars
HB 733
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to certain personal information included in a decree of dissolution of a marriage, a qualified domestic relations order, an order or writ of withholding, or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 750
83-0 (2013)
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey | et. al.
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 795
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to gestational agreements.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 843
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie | et. al.Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to persons entitled to notice of and to participation in certain hearings regarding a child in the conservatorship of the state.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 844
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 845
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, EddieSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to possession of or access to a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 846
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to additional periods of possession of or access to a child after conclusion of a parent's military deployment.
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Left pending in committee
HB 849
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the effect of certain interlocutory appeals on the commencement of a trial in a suit brought under the Family Code.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 980
83-0 (2013)
Author: Harless, Patricia
Relating to the content of public school campus improvement plans.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 1014
83-0 (2013)
Author: King, Susan
Relating to access to birth records of certain adopted children.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 1087
83-0 (2013)
Author: Giddings, Helen
Relating to authorizing the placement of a security freeze on the consumer file or other record created or maintained by a consumer reporting agency regarding a person under 16 years of age.
House: Business & Industry
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1153
83-0 (2013)
Author: Zerwas, John | et. al.
Relating to parent education and family stabilization courses in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1185
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.Sponsor: Hancock, Kelly
Relating to the retention of certain records in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship by a child's attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 1209
83-0 (2013)
Author: Parker, Tan
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 1228
83-0 (2013)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.Sponsor: Davis, Wendy | et. al.
Relating to consideration by the court of sexual abuse and conduct that constitutes sexual assault in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 1323
83-0 (2013)
Author: Zerwas, John | et. al.
Relating to investigations of and procedures for reports of child abuse and neglect.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1340
83-0 (2013)
Author: Rose, Toni | et. al.
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.
House: Public Health Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 1365
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the time in which to request a de novo hearing following a ruling by an associate judge in certain family or juvenile law cases.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1366
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio III, EddieSponsor: RodrÃguez, José
Relating to certain procedures in family or juvenile law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 1453
83-0 (2013)
Author: Gonzalez, Naomi
Relating to visitation for certain children in the temporary managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1661
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; authorizing fees.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Considered in Calendars
HB 1684
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to the dismissal or nonsuit of a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1705
83-0 (2013)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to the age qualification and extended jurisdiction over one seeking a suit affecting parent child relationship order in family court for purposes of obtaining special immigrant juvenile status.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1706
83-0 (2013)
Author: Farrar, Jessica | et. al.
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed.
House: Business & Industry
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1922
83-0 (2013)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to certain information to which a social study evaluator is entitled in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 2218
83-0 (2013)
Author: Wu, Gene | et. al.
Relating to the office of independent ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 2321
83-0 (2013)
Author: Parker, Tan | et. al.
Relating to standing for certain foster parents to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2400
83-0 (2013)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to children who engage in certain conduct indicating a need for supervision and the provision of services to those children and their families.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2404
83-0 (2013)
Author: Wu, Gene
Relating to consideration by the court of sexual abuse and conduct that constitutes sexual assault in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2449
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to disclosure in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship of a child's interaction with a registered sex offender.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2547
83-0 (2013)
Author: Burkett, Cindy | et. al.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2619
83-0 (2013)
Author: Naishtat, ElliottSponsor: West, Royce | et. al.
Relating to the educational needs of children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 2773
83-0 (2013)
Author: Rodriguez, Justin
Relating to intervention by foster parents in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2774
83-0 (2013)
Author: Rodriguez, Justin
Relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2776
83-0 (2013)
Author: Rodriguez, Justin
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 2844
83-0 (2013)
Author: Hernandez Luna, Ana
Relating to adoption services of the Department of Family and Protective Services with respect to sibling groups.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2845
83-0 (2013)
Author: Hernandez Luna, Ana
Relating to the persons entitled to intervene in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2970
83-0 (2013)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to the procedures for the placement of children by certain governmental agencies.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2976
83-0 (2013)
Author: Gonzalez, Naomi | et. al.
Relating to parental involvement in certain procedures regarding a school campus receiving an unacceptable performance rating under certain circumstances.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 3333
83-0 (2013)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the appointment of a parent as a child's managing conservator.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 3402
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to the privilege of a child to refuse to testify against the child's parent or guardian.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 3431
83-0 (2013)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the operation of the child protective services and foster care systems.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3612
83-0 (2013)
Author: Elkins, Gary
Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 3717
83-0 (2013)
Author: Martinez Fischer, Trey
Relating to court-ordered access to a child by the child's sibling.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 3728
83-0 (2013)
Author: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to the privilege of a parent or guardian to refuse to testify against the parent or guardian's child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 44
83-0 (2013)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith | et. al.Sponsor: Burkett, Cindy
Relating to maintaining and reporting certain information regarding certain child abuse or neglect cases and the provision of mental health services for children in those cases.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 60
83-0 (2013)
Author: Nelson, JaneSponsor: Giddings, Helen
Relating to authorizing the placement of a security freeze on the consumer file or other record created or maintained by a consumer reporting agency regarding a person under 16 years of age.
House: Business & Industry Senate: Business & Commerce
Effective on 1/1/14
SB 63
83-0 (2013)
Author: Nelson, JaneSponsor: Sheffield, J. D.
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.
House: Public Health Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
SB 285
83-0 (2013)
Author: Carona, John | et. al.
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Co-author authorized
SB 330
83-0 (2013)
Author: Huffman, Joan | et. al.Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to certain information to which a social study evaluator is entitled in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 352
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Gonzalez, Naomi
Relating to visitation for certain children in the temporary managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 429
83-0 (2013)
Author: Nelson, JaneSponsor: Raymond, Richard Peña
Relating to the dismissal or nonsuit of a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Health & Human Services
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 502
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Zerwas, John
Relating to placement of children with certain relatives or other designated caregivers.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 534
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to providing stable placement for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 714
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to access to birth records of certain adopted children.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 717
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to consent by a minor to housing or care provided through a transitional living program.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
SB 768
83-0 (2013)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
SB 769
83-0 (2013)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: McClendon, Ruth
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide specialized training to foster parents of certain children.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 886
83-0 (2013)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Lewis, Tryon
Relating to extended foster care for certain young adults and the extended jurisdiction of a court in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving those young adults.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 912
83-0 (2013)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1148
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to possession of or access to a child by a grandparent or certain other persons.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 1194
83-0 (2013)
Author: Campbell, Donna
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 1245
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; authorizing fees.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1246
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to possession of or access to a child.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1263
83-0 (2013)
Author: Taylor, Larry | et. al.
Relating to allowing parents to petition for repurposing, alternative management, or closure of certain public school campuses.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Left pending in committee
SB 1402
83-0 (2013)
Author: Carona, JohnSponsor: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to access to records and certain information in those records regarding a child placed for adoption.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 1422
83-0 (2013)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: King, Ken
Relating to the use of digitized signatures for pleadings and orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
SB 1583
83-0 (2013)
Author: Ellis, Rodney | et. al.
Relating to extending the court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people for purposes of obtaining special immigrant juvenile status and Department of Family and Protective Services policies for handling cases involving those young people.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Co-author authorized
SB 1639
83-0 (2013)
Author: Carona, John | et. al.
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in certain family law proceedings.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Co-author authorized
SB 1728
83-0 (2013)
Author: Carona, John
Relating to forensic analysis and forensic evidence testimony in certain civil proceedings.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1759
83-0 (2013)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Lewis, Tryon
Relating to the procedures for the appointment of and the duties of attorneys ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/13
HB 85
83-1 (2013)
Author: Flynn, Dan
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and placement decisions for children in foster care.
Filed
HB 121
82-0 (2011)
Author: Castro, Joaquin
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Postponed
HB 147
82-0 (2011)
Author: Raymond, Richard Pena
Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 148
82-0 (2011)
Author: Raymond, Richard Pena
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 149
82-0 (2011)
Author: Raymond, Richard PenaSponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the appointment of a parenting coordinator or parenting facilitator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 151
82-0 (2011)
Author: Raymond, Richard Pena
Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 387
82-0 (2011)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.
House: Business & Industry
Left pending in committee
HB 420
82-0 (2011)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to a subsidy under an adoption assistance agreement for certain adoptive parents of children in foster care.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 435
82-0 (2011)
Author: Parker, Tan
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship that involve an alleged father who has not registered with the paternity registry.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 436
82-0 (2011)
Author: Parker, Tan
Relating to standing for certain foster parents to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Postponed
HB 481
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the establishment of paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 482
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to agreed orders in family law matters.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 483
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to genetic testing in the determination of parentage and to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 484
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the enforcement by contempt of certain orders in family law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 498
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 541
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 544
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a request for attorney's fees in a family law matter.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 618
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to circumstances involving extrinsic fraud in establishment of paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 793
82-0 (2011)
Author: Zerwas, John | et. al.
Relating to parent education and family stabilization courses in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 807
82-0 (2011)
Author: Parker, TanSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the notice provided to a foster parent before a change in a child's foster care placement.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 824
82-0 (2011)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
HB 835
82-0 (2011)
Author: Parker, Tan | et. al.
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 906
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: Rodriguez, Jose
Relating to appointments made in and the appeal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 909
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 910
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to gestational agreements.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 943
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dukes, DawnnaSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to reporting requirements concerning missing persons, including missing children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 1207
82-0 (2011)
Author: Davis, Sarah | et. al.
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 1229
82-0 (2011)
Author: Legler, Ken
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
HB 1243
82-0 (2011)
Author: Miller, Doug
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of ingesting a controlled substance while pregnant or introducing a controlled substance into the body of a person who is pregnant and the consequences of the commission of that offense in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1262
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to a court order for the possession of or access to a child under three years of age.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 1350
82-0 (2011)
Author: Marquez, Marisa
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1359
82-0 (2011)
Author: Veasey, Marc
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 1404
82-0 (2011)
Author: Sheffield, Ralph | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 1467
82-0 (2011)
Author: Hernandez Luna, Ana | et. al.
Relating to bullying and cyberbullying in public schools; providing penalties.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 1623
82-0 (2011)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.
Relating to certain information regarding paternity required to be provided to certain pregnant women and mothers of newborns.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 1740
82-0 (2011)
Author: Walle, Armando
Relating to providing information to parents regarding changes in state law affecting public school students.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 1741
82-0 (2011)
Author: Walle, Armando
Relating to a parental involvement pilot program in certain school districts.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 1827
82-0 (2011)
Author: McClendon, Ruth
Relating to the ability of a nonexempt employee to participate in certain academic, extracurricular, and developmental activities of the employee's child.
House: Business & Industry
Left pending in committee
HB 2095
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to genetic testing in certain proceedings to declare heirship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2172
82-0 (2011)
Author: Torres, RaulSponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the eligibility of certain children under group life insurance policies.
House: Insurance Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 2367
82-0 (2011)
Author: Parker, Tan | et. al.Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to the creation of an advisory panel to study certain parental rights relating to possession of or access to the parent's child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 2370
82-0 (2011)
Author: Dukes, DawnnaSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to certain notice to applicants to provide care under the permanency care assistance program.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 2379
82-0 (2011)
Author: Gonzales, Larry
Relating to periods of possession of a child under a standard possession order.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2421
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to determinations of paternity; creating an offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 2531
82-0 (2011)
Author: Gonzales, Larry
Relating to the terms of a standard possession order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 2554
82-0 (2011)
Author: Brown, Fred
Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2557
82-0 (2011)
Author: Brown, Fred | et. al.
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2662
82-0 (2011)
Author: Hochberg, Scott | et. al.Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
Relating to the criteria for determining whether a child is a missing child.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 2751
82-0 (2011)
Author: Martinez Fischer, Trey
Relating to ex parte court hearings that affect the right of a person to possession of or access to a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 2820
82-0 (2011)
Author: Farias, Joe
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program in Bexar County to provide an educational course to certain parents on the effects of child abuse and neglect.
House: Human Services
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 2855
82-0 (2011)
Author: Howard, Charlie
Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2876
82-0 (2011)
Author: Aycock, Jimmie
Relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 2965
82-0 (2011)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to the powers and duties of an attorney ad litem appointed for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 2968
82-0 (2011)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 2976
82-0 (2011)
Author: Hunter, Todd | et. al.
Relating to the recording of proceedings and the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; creating an offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 3123
82-0 (2011)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia | et. al.
Relating to codifying federal foster care funding requirements to locate and provide information to relatives and other adults following the removal of a child by the Department of Family and Protective Services, and court findings regarding those efforts.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 3311
82-0 (2011)
Author: Carter, StefaniSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child or individual with whom the child resides before each court hearing.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 3314
82-0 (2011)
Author: Carter, StefaniSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to a requirement that an attorney ad litem appointed for a child file a statement with the court regarding the attorney ad litem's meeting with the child or other specified person.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 3439
82-0 (2011)
Author: Raymond, Richard PenaSponsor: Rodriguez, Jose
Relating to missing children; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HB 3454
82-0 (2011)
Author: Workman, Paul
Relating to the age at which a child may express a preference to the court on issues regarding residence and conservatorship in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 3466
82-0 (2011)
Author: Patrick, Diane
Relating to authorization for granting, in response to petitions by parents, campus charters for certain public school campuses identified as unacceptable.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 3786
82-0 (2011)
Author: Craddick, Tom | et. al.
Relating to the requirements for certain extensions of credit to consumers.
House: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
HB 3833
82-0 (2011)
Author: Phillips, LarrySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the adoption of a uniform collaborative law Act in regard to family law matters.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
HCR 169
82-0 (2011)
Author: Phillips, LarrySponsor: Harris, Chris
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3833.
Signed by the Governor
SB 218
82-0 (2011)
Author: Nelson, JaneSponsor: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the operation of the child protective services and foster care systems.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 284
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 287
82-0 (2011)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 434
82-0 (2011)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Raymond, Richard Pena
Relating to the establishment of a task force to address the relationship between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
SB 482
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Jackson, Jim
Relating to authorization agreements between parents and nonparent relatives of a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 502
82-0 (2011)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to determinations of paternity; creating an offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 522
82-0 (2011)
Author: Carona, John
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 532
82-0 (2011)
Author: Davis, Wendy
Relating to a study by the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding establishing a system to identify children born to certain parents.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 785
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
SB 818
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 820
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, Chris | et. al.Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to a court order for the possession of or access to a child under three years of age.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1025
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to service of citation and appointment of an attorney ad litem for an indigent parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 1026
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to the powers and duties of an attorney ad litem appointed for a parent or an alleged father in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1091
82-0 (2011)
Author: Rodriguez, Jose
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
Senate: Education
Referred to Education
SB 1117
82-0 (2011)
Author: Whitmire, John
Relating to the prosecution of a parent contributing to the nonattendance of a public school student.
House: Public Education Senate: Criminal Justice
Left pending in committee
SB 1216
82-0 (2011)
Author: Estes, CraigSponsor: Hartnett, Will
Relating to determination of the validity and enforceability of a contract containing an arbitration agreement in suits for dissolution of marriage and certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Effective immediately
SB 1324
82-0 (2011)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to gestational agreements.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1489
82-0 (2011)
Author: Whitmire, John | et. al.Sponsor: Madden, Jerry
Relating to educational, juvenile justice, and criminal justice responses to truancy.
House: Corrections Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1490
82-0 (2011)
Author: Uresti, Carlos | et. al.Sponsor: Hunter, Todd | et. al.
Relating to the recording of proceedings and the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; creating an offense.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1551
82-0 (2011)
Author: Rodriguez, Jose | et. al.Sponsor: Raymond, Richard Pena | et. al.
Relating to children who are missing or who are victims of offenses; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/11
SB 1643
82-0 (2011)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to mandatory dismissal deadlines and extended jurisdiction in suits affecting the parent-child relationship to which the Department of Family and Protective Services is a party.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
SB 1751
82-0 (2011)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to pay child support.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SB 1861
82-0 (2011)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the ability of a nonexempt employee to participate in certain academic, extracurricular, and developmental activities of the employee's child.
Senate: Economic Development
Referred to Economic Development
SB 1862
82-0 (2011)
Author: Davis, Wendy | et. al.
Relating to certain extensions of credit to consumers.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Not again placed on intent calendar
SCR 47
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, Chris
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 785.
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
SCR 48
82-0 (2011)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Recalling S.B. No. 785 from the governor for clerical correction.
Signed by the Governor
HB 79
82-1 (2011)
Author: Lewis, Tryon | et. al.Sponsor: Duncan, Robert
Relating to fiscal and other matters necessary for implementation of the judiciary budget as enacted by H.B. No. 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and to the operation and administration of, and practice and procedures in courts in, the judicial branch of state government.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
See remarks for effective date
SB 1
82-1 (2011)
Author: Duncan, Robert | et. al.Sponsor: Pitts, Jim
Relating to certain state fiscal matters; providing penalties.
House: Appropriations Senate: Finance
See remarks for effective date
HB 63
81-0 (2009)
Author: Aycock, Jimmie | et. al.Sponsor: Nelson, Jane | et. al.
Relating to the conservatorship or possession of, or access to, a child by a parent who is deployed by the military.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Administration
Removed from local & uncontested calendar
HB 187
81-0 (2009)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to a subsidy under an adoption assistance agreement for certain adoptive parents of children in foster care.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 188
81-0 (2009)
Author: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to the rights of children and the education of parents regarding their duties as parents.
House: Human Services
No action taken in committee
HB 299
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to mediation procedures in certain family law suits.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 305
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to circumstances involving extrinsic fraud in establishment of paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 313
81-0 (2009)
Author: Raymond, Richard | et. al.
Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 317
81-0 (2009)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to the appointment of a parenting coordinator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 322
81-0 (2009)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 324
81-0 (2009)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 409
81-0 (2009)
Author: Isett, Carl | et. al.Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to an award of additional periods of possession of or access to a child for certain conservators who have returned from active military deployment.
House: Defense & Veterans' Affairs Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Effective on 9/1/09
HB 428
81-0 (2009)
Author: Castro, Joaquin
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 494
81-0 (2009)
Author: Zerwas, John | et. al.
Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on attempted murder or solicitation of murder of the child's other parent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 504
81-0 (2009)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the creation of an offense for a parent's contribution to a child's failure to comply with a sentence or court order relating to a disruptive activity or disruption of class on school property.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 514
81-0 (2009)
Author: Vaught, Allen
Relating to recovery of loss of consortium damages by a parent for injury to a child as a result of certain crimes against the child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 611
81-0 (2009)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to requirements applicable to an attorney ad litem appointed to represent a parent in a child protective services case.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 615
81-0 (2009)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.
House: Business & Industry
Subcommittee members named
HB 743
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna
Relating to health benefits coverage for certain persons under the child health plan and other programs.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 804
81-0 (2009)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.
Relating to authorizing a power of attorney for the medical care and education of a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 822
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to gestational agreements.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 910
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to notice requirements in certain counties for hearings in suits for dissolution of marriage and suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 912
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the enforcement by contempt of certain orders in family law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 914
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 924
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the periods of possession of a child to which the child's possessory conservator is entitled under a standard possession order.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 927
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the possession of a child less than three years of age in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 932
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to genetic testing in the determination of parentage and to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 934
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to agreed orders in family law matters.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 946
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 947
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the periods of possession of a child to which the child's managing conservator is entitled under a standard possession order.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1009
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to the designation of the primary residence of a child in certain parenting plans for joint managing conservatorship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1010
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to the standard possession order for possession of a child by a parent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1011
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to court-ordered access to a child by the child's sibling.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1012
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, YvonneSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the conservatorship or possession of, or access to, a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
HB 1032
81-0 (2009)
Author: Castro, Joaquin
Relating to suits for adoption of a child in certain cases involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1068
81-0 (2009)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott | et. al.
Relating to information regarding the relative or designated caregivers for a child in the managing conservatorship of the state.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 1133
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the establishment of paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 1151
81-0 (2009)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including temporary orders, orders for modification, adoption assistance, and foster care.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
HB 1170
81-0 (2009)
Author: Martinez, Armando
Relating to the qualifications to conduct a social study in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1240
81-0 (2009)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to information required to be provided to parents of an infant.
House: Public Health Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/09
HB 1565
81-0 (2009)
Author: England, Kirk
Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver.
House: Human Services
No action taken in committee
HB 1611
81-0 (2009)
Author: Vaught, Allen | et. al.
Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 1940
81-0 (2009)
Author: Herrero, Abel | et. al.
Relating to an agreement authorizing a non-parent relative of a child to make certain decisions regarding the child; providing a penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 2084
81-0 (2009)
Author: King, Phil | et. al.
Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.
House: Human Services
Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2146
81-0 (2009)
Author: Olivo, Dora
Relating to a parent's right to obtain a copy of the public school records of the parent's child.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 2385
81-0 (2009)
Author: Castro, JoaquinSponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the punishment for the offense of prohibited sexual conduct.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/09
HB 2446
81-0 (2009)
Author: Rose, Patrick
Relating to eligibility for public school prekindergarten classes of children residing with a grandparent.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 2494
81-0 (2009)
Author: Dunnam, Jim
Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 2659
81-0 (2009)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.
Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth.
House: Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2707
81-0 (2009)
Author: Hochberg, Scott
Relating to the jurisdiction of certain courts in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3018
81-0 (2009)
Author: Aycock, Jimmie
Relating to standing to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 3076
81-0 (2009)
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness program used in the health curriculum for public schools.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective immediately
HB 3157
81-0 (2009)
Author: Leibowitz, David
Relating to establishing a kinship caregiver assistance program.
House: Human Services
Referred to Human Services
HB 3488
81-0 (2009)
Author: Veasey, Marc
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3559
81-0 (2009)
Author: Phillips, Larry
Relating to the qualifications and duties of a parenting coordinator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
HB 3569
81-0 (2009)
Author: Olivo, Dora
Relating to plans and procedures encouraging parental involvement in public schools.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 3745
81-0 (2009)
Author: Marquez, Marisa
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
No action taken in committee
HB 3887
81-0 (2009)
Author: Vaught, Allen
Relating to standing for certain foster parents to file suit to adopt a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 4001
81-0 (2009)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the establishment of the paternity of a child; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HB 4023
81-0 (2009)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.
Relating to a study and report on the feasibility of providing services and benefits under federally funded public benefit programs to encourage fathers' involvement beginning during pregnancy.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 4227
81-0 (2009)
Author: Jackson, Jim
Relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
HB 4288
81-0 (2009)
Author: Hunter, Todd | et. al.
Relating to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Reported favorably as substituted
HB 4424
81-0 (2009)
Author: Hernandez, AnaSponsor: Gallegos, Jr., Mario | et. al.
Relating to operations fees and child support service fees assessed by domestic relations offices.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 4425
81-0 (2009)
Author: Hernandez, Ana
Relating to authorizing a suit to declare that certain children have been abused, neglected, or abandoned.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 4426
81-0 (2009)
Author: Hernandez, Ana | et. al.Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to authorizing a suit to declare that certain young people have been abused, neglected, or abandoned and extending the jurisdiction of certain courts making such a declaration.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on intent calendar
HB 4470
81-0 (2009)
Author: England, Kirk
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Public Health
Left pending in committee
HB 4565
81-0 (2009)
Author: Zerwas, John
Relating to parent education and family stabilization courses in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
HCR 95
81-0 (2009)
Author: AnchÃa, Rafael | et. al.
Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security consider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families with children.
House: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HCR 160
81-0 (2009)
Author: Coleman, Garnet
Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to pursue federal funding for the support of kinship caregivers.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
SB 66
81-0 (2009)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Shelton, Mark | et. al.
Relating to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Placed on Major State Calendar
SB 230
81-0 (2009)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the termination of the duty to pay child support based on the results of genetic testing excluding the obligor as the child's biological father.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 231
81-0 (2009)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the adoption of a child who has an adjudicated, presumed, or acknowledged father.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 232
81-0 (2009)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Leibowitz, David
Relating to procedures for rescinding or challenging an acknowledgment or denial of paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 279
81-0 (2009)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Aycock, Jimmie
Relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
SB 478
81-0 (2009)
Author: Carona, John
Relating to personal information contained in certain decrees and orders in family law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
SB 491
81-0 (2009)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Alonzo, Roberto
Relating to consideration of family violence in the risk assessment for international parental abduction of a child.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 499
81-0 (2009)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.Sponsor: England, Kirk
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Public Health Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 517
81-0 (2009)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Jackson, Jim
Relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 519
81-0 (2009)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Dunnam, Jim
Relating to the termination of the parent-child relationship and the duty to pay child support in circumstances involving mistaken paternity.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 551
81-0 (2009)
Author: Carona, John
Relating to civil liability for criminal street gang activity that violates a court-ordered injunction.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: State Affairs
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
SB 648
81-0 (2009)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
SB 742
81-0 (2009)
Author: Wentworth, JeffSponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the qualifications to serve as an associate judge or visiting associate judge in certain family law proceedings.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
SB 786
81-0 (2009)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Rose, Patrick
Relating to the protection of children from abuse and neglect.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 864
81-0 (2009)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to the qualifications and duties of a parenting coordinator in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1277
81-0 (2009)
Author: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1332
81-0 (2009)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Rose, Patrick | et. al.
Relating to the placement of certain children who are in the managing conservatorship of the state.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/09
SB 1349
81-0 (2009)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to eligibility for public school prekindergarten classes of children residing with a grandparent.
Senate: Education
Referred to Education
SB 1369
81-0 (2009)
Author: Lucio, Jr., EddieSponsor: Hunter, Todd
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and to court-appointed volunteer advocates in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
SB 1598
81-0 (2009)
Author: Watson, KirkSponsor: Herrero, Abel
Relating to an agreement authorizing a nonparent relative of a child to make certain decisions regarding the child; providing a penalty.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
SB 1838
81-0 (2009)
Author: Patrick, DanSponsor: Zerwas, John
Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on attempted murder or solicitation of murder of the child's other parent.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
SB 2027
81-0 (2009)
Author: Watson, Kirk
Relating to gestational agreements.
House: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
SB 2368
81-0 (2009)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 2385
81-0 (2009)
Author: Shapleigh, EliotSponsor: Naishtat, Elliott | et. al.
Relating to information regarding the relative or designated caregivers for a child in the managing conservatorship of the state.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/09
SCR 57
81-0 (2009)
Author: West, Royce
Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to pursue federal funding for the support of kinship caregivers.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
HB 95
80-0 (2007)
Author: Martinez, ArmandoSponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
Relating to interference with child custody in violation of a temporary child custody order; imposing a criminal penalty.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 162
80-0 (2007)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to access to certain information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or in an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Considered in Calendars
HB 199
80-0 (2007)
Author: Madden, Jerry | et. al.Sponsor: Whitmire, John | et. al.
Relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.
House: Corrections Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 274
80-0 (2007)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 443
80-0 (2007)
Author: Phillips, Larry
Relating to the consent to and annulment of certain marriages.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 448
80-0 (2007)
Author: Phillips, LarrySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the calculation of child support obligations.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 525
80-0 (2007)
Author: Goolsby, Tony | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 554
80-0 (2007)
Author: Phillips, Larry
Relating to parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 555
80-0 (2007)
Author: Phillips, Larry | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 557
80-0 (2007)
Author: Smith, Wayne
Relating to the failure of a parent to attend a public school parent-teacher conference; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 567
80-0 (2007)
Author: Puente, RobertSponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
Relating to the state registry of paternity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 568
80-0 (2007)
Author: Puente, RobertSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the requirements for an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights and to the inheritance rights of certain parents.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 585
80-0 (2007)
Author: Laubenberg, JodieSponsor: Deuell, Bob
Relating to the jurisdiction and procedures of a probate court in certain guardianship proceedings.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 607
80-0 (2007)
Author: Madden, Jerry
Relating to the penalty for a parent who fails to require a child to attend school.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 611
80-0 (2007)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of certain employees who provide at-home infant care after the birth or adoption of a child.
House: Economic Development
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 619
80-0 (2007)
Author: Puente, Robert
Relating to the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 620
80-0 (2007)
Author: Puente, Robert
Relating to retroactive child support and notification in cases involving an anticipated adoption that is not completed.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Postponed
HB 662
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney | et. al.
Relating to the coordination, improvement, and funding of certain programs and services for the prevention of and early intervention in child abuse and neglect.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
HB 747
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to criminal failure to comply with a child custody order; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 772
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including the powers and duties of domestic relations offices and the conducting of social studies.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 782
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to genetic testing in the determination of parentage and to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Record vote
HB 876
80-0 (2007)
Author: King, Tracy
Relating to the confidentiality of certain identification information of a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 949
80-0 (2007)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the establishment of the paternity of a child; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 988
80-0 (2007)
Author: Isett, Carl | et. al.
Relating to an award of additional periods of possession of or access to a child for certain conservators who have returned from active military deployment.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1024
80-0 (2007)
Author: Bohac, Dwayne
Relating to an agreement setting forth the respective responsibilities of a parent, student, and classroom teacher in a public school.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 1074
80-0 (2007)
Author: Kolkhorst, Lois
Relating to the creation of an offense for a parent's contribution to a child's failure to comply with a sentence or court order relating to a disruptive activity or disruption of class on school property.
House: Public Education
Left pending in committee
HB 1203
80-0 (2007)
Author: Talton, Robert
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with child custody.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Considered in Calendars
HB 1392
80-0 (2007)
Author: Turner, Sylvester | et. al.
Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.
House: Economic Development Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
HB 1481
80-0 (2007)
Author: Castro, Joaquin | et. al.Sponsor: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to procedures for a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 1575
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1599
80-0 (2007)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem.
House: Judiciary
Referred to Judiciary
HB 1703
80-0 (2007)
Author: Howard, Charlie | et. al.
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an embryo except in an adoption proceeding; providing a penalty.
House: State Affairs
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1747
80-0 (2007)
Author: Morrison, GeanieSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the termination of parental rights with regard to certain abandoned children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
HB 1826
80-0 (2007)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to monetary assistance for substitute care provided to a child by a relative caregiver.
House: Appropriations
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
HB 1864
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gonzales, VeronicaSponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
Relating to periods of possession of and access to a child, including periods of electronic communication.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 1872
80-0 (2007)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during military deployment or mobilization of the child's parent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1972
80-0 (2007)
Author: White Delisi, Dianne | et. al.Sponsor: Duncan, Robert
Relating to requirements applicable to an attorney ad litem representing a child in a child abuse proceeding.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 1993
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gattis, DanSponsor: Hegar, Glenn
Relating to mandatory dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship and involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report printed and distributed
HB 1995
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, YvonneSponsor: Watson, Kirk
Relating to the time in which to appeal a report by an associate judge in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 1998
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to the requirements for a gestational agreement.
House: State Affairs
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1999
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, Yvonne
Relating to parentage resulting from assisted reproduction.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2078
80-0 (2007)
Author: Eiland, CraigSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to health care coverage for a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
No action taken in committee
HB 2176
80-0 (2007)
Author: Deshotel, Joe | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the high school health curriculum.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 2275
80-0 (2007)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to parental access to information concerning a child's coverage under a health benefit plan or status under certain state-funded health care programs.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 2287
80-0 (2007)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to child protective services.
House: Human Services
No action taken in committee
HB 2342
80-0 (2007)
Author: O'Day, Mike
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2410
80-0 (2007)
Author: Strama, Mark | et. al.
Relating to the possession under the standard possession order of a child by a conservator of the child during certain holidays.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2501
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gonzalez Toureilles, YvonneSponsor: Watson, Kirk
Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship referred to an associate judge.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
HB 2595
80-0 (2007)
Author: Miles, Borris
Relating to providing financial assistance to certain kinship caregivers.
House: Appropriations
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
HB 2606
80-0 (2007)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2670
80-0 (2007)
Author: Giddings, Helen
Relating to providing notice to the Department of Family and Protective Services of investigations of family violence at certain foster homes.
House: Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2756
80-0 (2007)
Author: Pitts, Jim
Relating to the creation of the offense of assault with bodily fluids, the prosecution and punishment of that offense, and the consequences of a conviction for that offense.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
HB 2770
80-0 (2007)
Author: Eiland, CraigSponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report printed and distributed
HB 2902
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harper-Brown, Linda | et. al.
Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment programs by certain persons.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 2927
80-0 (2007)
Author: Van Arsdale, Corbin
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2940
80-0 (2007)
Author: Bolton, ValindaSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family law proceedings.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report printed and distributed
HB 3007
80-0 (2007)
Author: Pierson, Paula
Relating to the approval of relative caregivers by the Department of Family and Protective Services as foster homes.
House: Human Services
Meeting cancelled
HB 3022
80-0 (2007)
Author: Heflin, Joe
Relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3077
80-0 (2007)
Author: Villarreal, Mike | et. al.
Relating to consent by certain adults serving as a parent to the performance of an abortion on a minor.
House: State Affairs
Left pending in committee
HB 3187
80-0 (2007)
Author: Callegari, Bill
Relating to restrictions on the geographic area in which a conservator must maintain a child's primary residence.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 3212
80-0 (2007)
Author: Zedler, Bill
Relating to confirming the identity of a parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian who gives consent for an unemancipated minor to have an abortion.
House: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 3362
80-0 (2007)
Author: Zedler, Bill
Relating to parental rights in public education.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 3537
80-0 (2007)
Author: Garcia, JuanSponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
Relating to the adoption of a child by a person serving in the military.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 3589
80-0 (2007)
Author: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the use of electronic communication by a conservator of a child to facilitate communication with the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3675
80-0 (2007)
Author: Davis, John
Relating to procedures for determining court jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3887
80-0 (2007)
Author: Gattis, Dan
Relating to the requirements relating to the appointment of a guardian of the person or of the estate of certain incapacitated persons.
House: Judiciary
Referred to Judiciary
HB 3965
80-0 (2007)
Author: Martinez Fischer, Trey
Relating to duties of a parent in the parent-child relationship to report, creating an offense and providing a penalty and other family law matters.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Meeting cancelled
HB 3971
80-0 (2007)
Author: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to the rights of a grandparent, aunt or uncle.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3997
80-0 (2007)
Author: Puente, RobertSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the Uniform Parentage Act, termination of parental rights, and matters relating to determination of paternity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
SB 43
80-0 (2007)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the modification of an order establishing the conservatorship of a child or providing for the possession of or access to a child based on military deployment.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 205
80-0 (2007)
Author: Nelson, JaneSponsor: White Delisi, Dianne
Relating to the privacy of protected health information.
House: Government Reform Senate: Health & Human Services
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 217
80-0 (2007)
Author: Shapiro, FlorenceSponsor: Madden, Jerry
Relating to the penalty for a parent who fails to require a child to attend school.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 220
80-0 (2007)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.Sponsor: Lucio III, Eddie
Relating to the use of electronic communication by a conservator of a child to facilitate communication with the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 221
80-0 (2007)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie | et. al.Sponsor: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 228
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Eiland, Craig
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support, parentage, and possession of and access to a child; providing a civil penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
SB 231
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to child support enforcement.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
SB 232
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Homer, Mark
Relating to the rendition and issuance of an administrative qualified domestic relations order to enforce child support obligations.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 303
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Eiland, Craig
Relating to health care coverage for a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
SB 304
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Phillips, Larry
Relating to the calculation of child support obligations.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 400
80-0 (2007)
Author: Deuell, Bob
Relating to the jurisdiction of a probate court in certain guardianship proceedings.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 431
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family law proceedings.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 432
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Phillips, Larry
Relating to the consent to and annulment of certain marriages.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/07
SB 449
80-0 (2007)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to the requirement in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship that the parties attend parenting classes.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 706
80-0 (2007)
Author: Lucio, Jr., EddieSponsor: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 759
80-0 (2007)
Author: Nelson, Jane | et. al.Sponsor: Parker, Tan
Relating to certain requirements relating to permanency hearings and placement review hearings for children under the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
SB 804
80-0 (2007)
Author: Uresti, CarlosSponsor: Hughes, Bryan
Relating to standing for certain persons to file a suit for the adoption of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 813
80-0 (2007)
Author: Janek, KyleSponsor: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to child protective services.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
SB 956
80-0 (2007)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to consideration of family violence in the risk assessment for international parental abduction of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 999
80-0 (2007)
Author: Eltife, Kevin | et. al.Sponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to possession of or access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during or after military deployment of the child's parent.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 1042
80-0 (2007)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents.
House: Appropriations Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Appropriations
SB 1048
80-0 (2007)
Author: Watson, KirkSponsor: Gonzales, Veronica
Relating to the inheritance rights of certain parents.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 1096
80-0 (2007)
Author: Janek, Kyle | et. al.
Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment programs by certain persons.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Human Services
SB 1098
80-0 (2007)
Author: Patrick, Dan | et. al.Sponsor: Rose, Patrick
Relating to a subsidy for health benefits coverage for certain adopted children.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 1367
80-0 (2007)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 1381
80-0 (2007)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the high school health curriculum.
Senate: Education
Referred to Education
SB 1941
80-0 (2007)
Author: Deuell, Bob
Relating to the regulation of foster care providers.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Left pending in committee
SB 2034
80-0 (2007)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to the standing requirements for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 6
79-0 (2005)
Author: Hupp, Suzanna | et. al.
Relating to protective services; providing penalties.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 105
79-0 (2005)
Author: Van Arsdale, Corbin
Relating to the liability of a parent or other person who has the duty of control and reasonable discipline of a child for certain conduct of the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 131
79-0 (2005)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of certain employees who provide at-home infant care after the birth or adoption of a child.
House: Economic Development
Referred to Economic Development
HB 204
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to inheritance rights of adopted adults.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 209
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Averitt, Kip
Relating to challenging an acknowledgment of paternity executed by a minor.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 226
79-0 (2005)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to the duties of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child in certain proceedings regarding the abuse or neglect of the child.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 227
79-0 (2005)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to the completion of continuing legal education by an attorney ad litem appointed for a child in certain proceedings regarding the abuse or neglect of the child.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 239
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Human Services
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 240
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goolsby, TonySponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the person's original birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 252
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 260
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Averitt, Kip
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, protective orders, and collaborative law.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 261
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
Relating to possession of or access to a grandchild and designation of other relatives as managing conservators.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 270
79-0 (2005)
Author: Farrar, Jessica | et. al.Sponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to court-ordered access to a child by the child's sibling.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 299
79-0 (2005)
Author: McClendon, Ruth
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 302
79-0 (2005)
Author: McClendon, Ruth
Relating to prohibiting certain health care providers from promoting infant formula.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 307
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to court-ordered representation in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 383
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: Hinojosa, Juan
Relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 384
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to placement of a child with a noncustodial parent or relative to further the best interest of the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 409
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the appeal of certain orders regarding children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 430
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 437
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to determinations of paternity in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 657
79-0 (2005)
Author: Bonnen, Dennis | et. al.Sponsor: Averitt, Kip
Relating to terminating the parent-child relationship of a parent convicted of certain crimes.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 770
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goolsby, Tony | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 800
79-0 (2005)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to protective services.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 983
79-0 (2005)
Author: Reyna, Elvira
Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the high school health curriculum.
House: Public Education
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 1128
79-0 (2005)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to the requirement that the parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship attend parenting classes.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1129
79-0 (2005)
Author: Talton, Robert
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with child custody.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1179
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family law cases.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 1183
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to distribution of certain child support payments by the state disbursement unit.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1204
79-0 (2005)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to access to certain information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or in an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1205
79-0 (2005)
Author: Raymond, Richard
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1238
79-0 (2005)
Author: Paxton, Ken | et. al.Sponsor: Wentworth, Jeff
Relating to distribution of certain child support payments by the state disbursement unit.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 1256
79-0 (2005)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the designation of certain adults to exercise child visitation and possession rights on behalf of a parent serving in the armed forces and deployed outside this country.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 1449
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Senate appoints conferees-reported
HB 1559
79-0 (2005)
Author: Davis, John
Relating to the offense of violating the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1635
79-0 (2005)
Author: Allen, Ray
Relating to a residential infant care program for mothers confined in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.
House: Corrections
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1685
79-0 (2005)
Author: Dukes, Dawnna | et. al.Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the establishment of an interagency coordinating council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective immediately
HB 1836
79-0 (2005)
Author: Davis, Yvonne
Relating to the establishment of the paternity of a child; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1999
79-0 (2005)
Author: Van Arsdale, Corbin | et. al.Sponsor: Lindsay, Jon
Relating to the preparation of medical history reports by parents who relinquish children for adoption.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 2159
79-0 (2005)
Author: Nixon, Joe
Relating to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which an international parental child abduction risk factor is present or an international parental child abduction prevention measure has been taken.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 2311
79-0 (2005)
Author: Howard, Charlie
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an embryo except in an adoption proceeding; providing a penalty.
House: State Affairs
Referred to State Affairs
HB 2331
79-0 (2005)
Author: Morrison, GeanieSponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the emergency possession of certain abandoned children; providing a penalty.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 2789
79-0 (2005)
Author: Veasey, Marc
Relating to sales tax refunds for certain purchases made by certain grandparents.
House: Ways & Means
Withdrawn from schedule
HB 2790
79-0 (2005)
Author: Veasey, Marc | et. al.
Relating to a subsidized guardianship program to provide financial subsidies to certain grandparents.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 3006
79-0 (2005)
Author: Hilderbran, Harvey | et. al.
Relating to certain requirements and limitations relating to a person's age, marital status, residency, and relations by consanguinity and affinity; providing criminal penalties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Placed on General State Calendar
HB 3135
79-0 (2005)
Author: Castro, Joaquin
Relating to the release of certain information held by the Title IV-D agency in connection with child support services provided by the agency.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 3263
79-0 (2005)
Author: Hegar, Glenn | et. al.Sponsor: Janek, Kyle
Relating to the powers and duties of the district attorney and county attorney in Fort Bend County.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
HB 3388
79-0 (2005)
Author: Talton, Robert
Relating to court-ordered possession of or access to a child by the child's grandparent, aunt, or uncle.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
SB 41
79-0 (2005)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Left pending in committee
SB 98
79-0 (2005)
Author: Shapleigh, Eliot | et. al.
Relating to determining and reporting the health insurance status of children attending public schools.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Not again placed on intent calendar
SB 113
79-0 (2005)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to prohibiting certain health care providers from promoting infant formula.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 364
79-0 (2005)
Author: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 393
79-0 (2005)
Author: Van de Putte, LeticiaSponsor: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the exercise of limited possession and visitation rights by a designated person on behalf of a parent serving in the armed forces and deployed outside this country.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 819
79-0 (2005)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1144
79-0 (2005)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to limiting the promotion of infant formula by certain health care providers.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 1151
79-0 (2005)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the use of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
SB 1153
79-0 (2005)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
SB 1178
79-0 (2005)
Author: West, Royce
Relating to the availability of genetic testing in the determination of parentage by the Title IV-D agency.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
SB 1183
79-0 (2005)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Truitt, Vicki
Relating to fetal and infant mortality review and related health warnings; imposing penalties.
House: Public Health Senate: Health & Human Services
Placed on General State Calendar
SB 1377
79-0 (2005)
Author: Staples, ToddSponsor: Cook, Byron
Relating to certain fees imposed by the secretary of state and the maximum amount that may be imposed in connection with the adoption of a child in another country.
House: State Affairs Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/05
SB 1410
79-0 (2005)
Author: Lucio, Jr., EddieSponsor: Solis, Jim
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem.
House: Judiciary Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 61
79-2 (2005)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the property interests of spouses in connection with certain community property and to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 105
79-3 (2006)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 48
78-0 (2003)
Author: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the survival of a wrongful death suit on the death of the plaintiff.
House: Civil Practices
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 50
78-0 (2003)
Author: Turner, Sylvester | et. al.
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 65
78-0 (2003)
Author: Wise, Miguel | et. al.
Relating to certain rights in a criminal or juvenile justice proceeding afforded to a child victim.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
HB 79
78-0 (2003)
Author: Wise, Miguel | et. al.
Relating to certain persons entitled to possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 227
78-0 (2003)
Author: Keel, TerrySponsor: Jackson, Mike
Relating to certain notice requirements in a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 233
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to standing to file a suit requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or adoption.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 263
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the establishment and operation of children's advocacy centers.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 320
78-0 (2003)
Author: Grusendorf, Kent | et. al.Sponsor: Fraser, Troy
Relating to the refusal to administer or consent to the administration of certain psychiatric or psychological treatment to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 355
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 356
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain school activities of the employee's child; providing a penalty.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 374
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 503
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.
Relating to determinations of paternity in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 518
78-0 (2003)
Author: Menendez, JoseSponsor: Whitmire, John
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship and to the eligibility of certain child-support obligors for state grants, loans, or contracts.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 729
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Shapiro, Florence
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act regarding gestational agreements.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 786
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dunnam, Jim
Relating to the contents and appeal of certain orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 806
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hunter, Bob | et. al.
Relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 821
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the methods of providing notice of an associate judge's report in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 884
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to alternative dispute resolution statements required in a suit for dissolution of a marriage and a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 886
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: Averitt, Kip
Relating to attorney's fees in a proceeding to enforce an order for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 887
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the award of attorney's fees and expenses in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 913
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the conservatorship of, and the possession of and access to, a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 916
78-0 (2003)
Author: Miller, Sid
Relating to a petition for the adoption of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 980
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the circumstances under which a child may be adopted.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 993
78-0 (2003)
Author: Wilson, Ron
Relating to a proceeding to vacate an order of paternity or child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Meeting cancelled
HB 1391
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hamric, PeggySponsor: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
Relating to the confidentiality of pleadings and protective order applications in certain proceedings in the Family Code.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1461
78-0 (2003)
Author: Eiland, Craig
Relating to mandatory paternity testing before a court may render an order for child support.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1536
78-0 (2003)
Author: Reyna, Elvira | et. al.Sponsor: Shapiro, Florence
Relating to certain communication with and access to a child following termination of the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1648
78-0 (2003)
Author: Morrison, GeanieSponsor: Shapiro, Florence
Relating to standing for certain foster parents to file suit to adopt a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1665
78-0 (2003)
Author: Thompson, Senfronia
Relating to payments to certain grandparents who provide care for children whose parents are deceased.
House: Human Services
Left pending in committee
HB 1689
78-0 (2003)
Author: Phillips, Larry
Relating to certain agreements in connection with an adoption order.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1746
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hunter, Bob
Relating to an exemption from tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain adopted students.
House: Higher Education
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1751
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hupp, Suzanna
Relating to child support and medical support orders for certain children in substitute care.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1752
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hupp, Suzanna
Relating to investigations and other procedures with respect to allegations of child abuse or neglect.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to subcommittee
HB 1815
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to court-ordered representation in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1833
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain fees that may be assessed and collected by a domestic relations office.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1878
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment and enforcement of child support and medical support for a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Administration
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1879
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the establishment and adjudication of certain parent-child relationships.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 1885
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goolsby, TonySponsor: Lucio, Jr., Eddie
Relating to certain filing fees in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 1899
78-0 (2003)
Author: Nixon, Joe | et. al.Sponsor: Nelson, Jane
Relating to the prevention of the international abduction of a child by a parent of the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 1903
78-0 (2003)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to testimony regarding parental alienation syndrome in a suit regarding the conservatorship of, or the possession of or access to, a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1908
78-0 (2003)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to reasonable efforts to return a child to the child's home in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1909
78-0 (2003)
Author: Talton, Robert
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with child custody.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1957
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hochberg, Scott
Relating to providing certain notification to a noncustodial parent of a public school student.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 2001
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to notice to an employer of a court order requiring an employee to provide medical support for the employee's child; providing penalties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Administration
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HB 2011
78-0 (2003)
Author: Moreno, Joe
Relating to the care of a child taken into possession by a governmental entity without a court order.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2099
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the determination of the conservatorship of, and the right of possession of or access to, a child by a person who has a history of family violence.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 2203
78-0 (2003)
Author: King, Phil
Relating to the adoption of, or termination of parental rights regarding, a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2265
78-0 (2003)
Author: Bonnen, Dennis
Relating to the filing requirements in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2274
78-0 (2003)
Author: Wise, Miguel
Relating to procedures and orders in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2285
78-0 (2003)
Author: Castro, Joaquin
Relating to required notice of a change in certain information in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2319
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V. | et. al.Sponsor: West, Royce
Relating to juvenile delinquency; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Criminal Justice
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 2365
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hardcastle, Rick
Relating to the person entitled under a court order to designate the primary residence of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2482
78-0 (2003)
Author: Uresti, Carlos
Relating to the requirement that the parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship attend parenting classes.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2560
78-0 (2003)
Author: Rose, Patrick
Relating to certain orders and other records in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2652
78-0 (2003)
Author: Brown, Fred
Relating to the responsibilities of a parent to support his or her child while enrolled in a secondary school.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 2831
78-0 (2003)
Author: Zedler, Bill | et. al.
Relating to parental rights in public education.
House: Public Education
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 2858
78-0 (2003)
Author: Farrar, Jessica
Relating to certain hearings relating to a person placed on community supervision for violation of a court order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2886
78-0 (2003)
Author: Van Arsdale, CorbinSponsor: Lindsay, Jon
Relating to certain certificates and reports filed with the bureau of vital statistics.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 2979
78-0 (2003)
Author: Goolsby, Tony | et. al.
Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the person's original birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 2983
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hupp, Suzanna
Relating to the administration of certain psychoactive medications to a child.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 3086
78-0 (2003)
Author: Hodge, Terri
Relating to the availability for public inspection of a final order in a parentage action.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
No action taken in committee
HB 3122
78-0 (2003)
Author: Truitt, VickiSponsor: Lindsay, Jon
Relating to the establishment of locally based demonstration projects to provide health care benefits to certain low-income individuals.
House: State Health Care Expenditures, Select Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/03
HB 3217
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dawson, Glenda
Relating to modification of an order for possession of or access to a child; providing a criminal penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3344
78-0 (2003)
Author: Wohlgemuth, Arlene
Relating to determination of eligibility under the medical assistance program.
House: Public Health
Referred to Public Health
HB 3348
78-0 (2003)
Author: Davis, John
Relating to the offense of violating the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HCR 284
78-0 (2003)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.Sponsor: West, Royce
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections to H.B. No. 2319.
Signed by the Governor
SB 33
78-0 (2003)
Author: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child.
Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Business & Commerce
SB 151
78-0 (2003)
Author: Jackson, MikeSponsor: Hunter, Bob
Relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
SB 428
78-0 (2003)
Author: Lindsay, Jon
Relating to the establishment of locally based demonstration projects to provide health care benefits to certain low-income parents of children receiving Medicaid or enrolled in the state child health plan.
Senate: Health & Human Services
Referred to Health & Human Services
SB 579
78-0 (2003)
Author: Lindsay, JonSponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the confidentiality of certain records in an adoption placement by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
House: Human Services Senate: State Affairs
Effective on 9/1/03
SB 1691
78-0 (2003)
Author: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
Relating to the availability for public inspection of a final order in a parentage action.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 1806
78-0 (2003)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to notice to an employer of a court order requiring an employee to provide medical support for the employee's child; providing penalties.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report printed and distributed
SB 1807
78-0 (2003)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to the establishment and adjudication of certain parent-child relationships.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/03
SB 1808
78-0 (2003)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to the establishment of paternity and the establishment and enforcement of child support and medical support for a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
No action taken in committee
HB 53
78-3 (2003)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the person's original birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 25
78-4 (2003)
Author: Goolsby, Tony
Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the person's original birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 55
77-0 (2001)
Author: Chavez, Norma
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 76
77-0 (2001)
Author: Garcia, Domingo | et. al.
Relating to family, medical, and child education leave for certain employees; providing a civil penalty.
House: Economic Development
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 103
77-0 (2001)
Author: Maxey, Glen
Relating to tattooing minors.
House: Public Health
Considered in Calendars
HB 208
77-0 (2001)
Author: Longoria, John
Relating to counseling for parents of certain public school students who are at risk of dropping out of school; providing penalties.
House: Public Education
Referred to Public Education
HB 220
77-0 (2001)
Author: Wise, Miguel
Relating to the prosecution of, the punishment for, and venue in the prosecution of certain offenses involving the abduction of or interference with the custody of children.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
HB 225
77-0 (2001)
Author: Wise, Miguel
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of offenses related to prostitution.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 240
77-0 (2001)
Author: Lewis, Glenn
Relating to eligibility of certain employees for unemployment compensation benefits after the birth or adoption of a child.
House: Economic Development
No action taken in subcommittee
HB 283
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, Phil
Relating to the terms of a court order for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 397
77-0 (2001)
Author: Wise, Miguel
Relating to possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 558
77-0 (2001)
Author: Tillery, Dale | et. al.
Relating to restitution paid by a defendant to a children's advocacy center providing services to the defendant's victim.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 590
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.
Relating to the adoption of biological siblings.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 591
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the liability of a parent who fails to provide court-ordered health insurance for a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 592
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the abuse or neglect of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 593
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to information required in certain pleadings in the Family Code.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 596
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: West, Royce
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the modification of an order rendered in a suit; providing penalties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 597
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the designation of the person having the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of a child and the child's preferences in relation to that designation.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
HB 638
77-0 (2001)
Author: Turner, SylvesterSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to contesting a voluntary statement of paternity or acknowledgment of paternity.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Committee report printed and distributed
HB 680
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.
Relating to the investigation, prosecution, and punishment of certain criminal offenses involving child custody.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 706
77-0 (2001)
Author: Morrison, Geanie | et. al.Sponsor: Truan, Carlos
Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 758
77-0 (2001)
Author: Coleman, Garnet
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development
Left pending in committee
HB 847
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
HB 871
77-0 (2001)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a parent's right to discipline the parent's child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 872
77-0 (2001)
Author: Dutton, Jr., Harold V.
Relating to a parent's liability for a personal injury caused by the parent's child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 902
77-0 (2001)
Author: Noriega, Rick | et. al.
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents.
House: Human Services
Laid on the table subject to call
HB 920
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act; providing penalties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 947
77-0 (2001)
Author: Turner, SylvesterSponsor: Duncan, Robert
Relating to the survival of a wrongful death suit on the death of the plaintiff.
House: Civil Practices Senate: Jurisprudence
Vetoed by the Governor
HB 960
77-0 (2001)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott | et. al.
Relating to the appointment of a person who has a history of abuse or neglect as a sole managing conservator.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Companion considered in lieu of in committee
HB 997
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, PhilSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the time in which a court may conduct a hearing or render a final order in a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1134
77-0 (2001)
Author: Coleman, Garnet
Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 1137
77-0 (2001)
Author: Menendez, JoseSponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to court-ordered social studies in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 1246
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act regarding gestational agreements.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1266
77-0 (2001)
Author: Dukes, DawnnaSponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the identification and location of absent parents and relatives for children removed from their parents' care.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1276
77-0 (2001)
Author: Crownover, MyraSponsor: Fraser, Troy
Relating to use of a student's legal surname in a public school.
House: Public Education Senate: Education
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1377
77-0 (2001)
Author: Menendez, JoseSponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the requirements for a suit filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to terminate the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1453
77-0 (2001)
Author: Menendez, Jose
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 1515
77-0 (2001)
Author: Janek, KyleSponsor: Bernsen, David
Relating to the recovery of damages by a parent, managing conservator, or guardian in a suit brought by a person who was younger than 18 at the time the cause of action accrued.
House: Civil Practices Senate: Jurisprudence
Vetoed by the Governor
HB 1566
77-0 (2001)
Author: Morrison, GeanieSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to the authority of a governmental entity to take emergency possession of a child and to the services provided for the child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1632
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, Phil | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain requirements in connection with suits for the termination of the parent-child relationship and the adoption of children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1634
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, PhilSponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain payments allowed in an adoption case.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 1635
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, Phil
Relating to standing to file a suit requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or adoption.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Considered in Calendars
HB 1655
77-0 (2001)
Author: Talton, Robert
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with child custody.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 1761
77-0 (2001)
Author: Turner, Sylvester | et. al.Sponsor: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.
House: Economic Development Senate: Business & Commerce
Record vote
HB 1767
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goolsby, Tony | et. al.
Relating to certain information available to adopted persons.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Considered by s/c in work session
HB 1921
77-0 (2001)
Author: Maxey, GlenSponsor: Gallegos, Jr., Mario
Relating to the continuation of adoption assistance after the 18th birthday of certain children.
House: Human Services Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 2011
77-0 (2001)
Author: Hupp, Suzanna | et. al.
Relating to civil liability for causing injury to a pregnant woman.
House: Civil Practices
Referred to Civil Practices
HB 2094
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, Phil | et. al.
Relating to the creation of an offense for advertising for the adoption of a child.
House: Criminal Jurisprudence
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
HB 2158
77-0 (2001)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the acceleration of the appeal in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 2232
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, Phil
Relating to procedures for a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2249
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby | et. al.Sponsor: Harris, Chris
Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 2261
77-0 (2001)
Author: Danburg, Debra
Relating to the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate for certain adopted persons.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2294
77-0 (2001)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to the exemption of certain persons from jury service.
House: Judicial Affairs
Subcommittee members named
HB 2299
77-0 (2001)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: Jackson, Mike
Relating to communications between courts regarding simultaneous interstate child custody proceedings.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 2381
77-0 (2001)
Author: Thompson, SenfroniaSponsor: West, Royce
Relating to the appeal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 2420
77-0 (2001)
Author: Coleman, Garnet
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to extend Medicaid coverage to certain low-income parents of children receiving Medicaid.
House: Public Health
Committee report sent to Calendars
HB 2428
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, TobySponsor: Shapiro, Florence
Relating to the confidentiality of certain records of a court-appointed volunteer advocate program.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 2543
77-0 (2001)
Author: Naishtat, Elliott | et. al.Sponsor: Duncan, Robert
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide child-care intervention services for certain children with severe behavioral problems.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/01
HB 2554
77-0 (2001)
Author: Uher, D.R.
Relating to the transfer of a court's continuing jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2591
77-0 (2001)
Author: Davis, John
Relating to the requirement that a parent provide certain information to the other parent of the child; providing a penalty.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 2610
77-0 (2001)
Author: Bonnen, DennisSponsor: Brown, J. E.
Relating to the offense of criminal nonsupport of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 2621
77-0 (2001)
Author: Bonnen, DennisSponsor: Brown, J. E.
Relating to the offense of interference with child custody.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HB 2801
77-0 (2001)
Author: Reyna, Elvira
Relating to the mandatory termination of parental rights of a person who engaged in certain criminal conduct.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
HB 2964
77-0 (2001)
Author: Hamric, Peggy
Relating to the confidentiality of pleadings and protective order applications in certain proceedings in the Family Code.
House: Judicial Affairs Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
HB 2971
77-0 (2001)
Author: Goodman, Toby
Relating to stand-by guardianships for certain minors.
House: Judicial Affairs
Subcommittee members named
HB 3027
77-0 (2001)
Author: Dunnam, Jim
Relating to resident tuition for certain nonresident students with a parent residing in the state.
House: Higher Education Senate: Education
Referred to Education
HB 3094
77-0 (2001)
Author: Janek, Kyle
Relating to the standard possession order providing for possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee
HB 3403
77-0 (2001)
Author: King, TracySponsor: Zaffirini, Judith
Relating to the establishment of visitation centers and visitation exchange facilities by counties.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective immediately
HCR 217
77-0 (2001)
Author: Madden, JerrySponsor: Truan, Carlos
Recognizing children born outside of Texas to native Texans serving in the United States Armed Forces as honorary Texans.
House: State, Federal & International Relations Senate: Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
Signed by the Governor
HCR 322
77-0 (2001)
Author: Janek, KyleSponsor: Bernsen, David
Recalling H.B. No. 1515 from the governor.
Filed with the Secretary of State
SB 140
77-0 (2001)
Author: Moncrief, Mike | et. al.Sponsor: Naishtat, Elliott
Relating to a determination of conservatorship of, or rights to possession of or access to, a child by a person who has a history of abuse or neglect.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
SB 233
77-0 (2001)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Menendez, Jose
Relating to parental liability for the conduct of a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
SB 297
77-0 (2001)
Author: West, Royce | et. al.Sponsor: Noriega, Rick | et. al.
Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents.
House: Human Services Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/01
SB 551
77-0 (2001)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the possession of and access to certain children by parents who have engaged in sexual assault.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
SB 617
77-0 (2001)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the requirements for a suit filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to terminate the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 619
77-0 (2001)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to court-ordered social studies in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Left pending in committee
SB 668
77-0 (2001)
Author: Van de Putte, Leticia
Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 700
77-0 (2001)
Author: Ellis, RodneySponsor: Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the suspension of a license for failure to comply with the terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to a child.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Effective on 9/1/01
SB 769
77-0 (2001)
Author: Harris, ChrisSponsor: Reyna, Arthur | et. al.
Relating to the requirement that certain information be provided in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 770
77-0 (2001)
Author: Harris, Chris
Relating to availability of health benefit plan coverage for certain dependents of an enrollee.
House: Insurance Senate: Business & Commerce
Referred to Insurance
SB 783
77-0 (2001)
Author: Truan, Carlos
Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
SB 933
77-0 (2001)
Author: Barrientos, Gonzalo
Relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights.
Senate: Jurisprudence
No action taken in committee
SB 1000
77-0 (2001)
Author: Jackson, MikeSponsor: Hunter, Bob | et. al.
Relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
SB 1239
77-0 (2001)
Author: Moncrief, Mike
Relating to stand-by guardianships for certain minors.
Senate: Jurisprudence
Referred to Jurisprudence
SB 1683
77-0 (2001)
Author: Jackson, MikeSponsor: Davis, John
Relating to the management of money earned by certain children while receiving services from the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Health & Human Services
Effective on 9/1/01
SCR 20
77-0 (2001)
Author: West, RoyceSponsor: Reyna, Elvira
Urging judges who hear family law cases to increase use of alternative dispute resolution and mediation in solving child custody disputes.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Senate: Jurisprudence
Signed by the Governor
HB 5
76-0 (1999)
Author: Gray, Patricia | et. al.
Relating to parental notification before an abortion may be performed on certain minors.
House: State Affairs
Postponed
HB 13
76-0 (1999)
Author: Goolsby, Tony | et. al.
Relating to birth records of adopted children.
House: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Left pending in committee