| TX | SB1278 | Veto | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB1838 | Veto | Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB2501 | Veto | Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | HB793 | Pass | Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1193 | Pass | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1211 | Pass | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB127 | Pass | Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB226 | Pass | Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB694 | Pass | Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1106 | Pass | Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1403 | Pass | Relating to the collection and confidentiality of information regarding firearms in agency foster homes; creating a civil penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB500 | Pass | Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB571 | Pass | Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB1734 | Pass | Relating to the transfer of court files in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which continuing, exclusive jurisdiction is transferred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB800 | Pass | Relating to a public institution of higher education's sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking resources and policy orientation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1916 | Pass | Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1973 | Pass | Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2035 | Pass | Relating to notice provided by a chemical dependency treatment facility to the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor refused admission to the facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2071 | Pass | Relating to certain policies and procedures for health care specialty consultations in certain child abuse or neglect investigations and assessments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2240 | Pass | Relating to certain void marriages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1019 | Pass | Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2350 | Pass | Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2340 | Pass | Relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2495 | Pass | Relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child's enrollment in school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1120 | Pass | Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2492 | Pass | Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2524 | Pass | Relating to the recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1141 | Pass | Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2530 | Pass | Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1207 | Pass | Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB13 | Pass | Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1404 | Pass | Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1388 | Pass | Relating to family support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1398 | Pass | Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3181 | Pass | Relating to the enforcement of a court order for possession of or access to a child and related order modifications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3180 | Pass | Relating to the contents of a request for disclosure in a civil action brought under the Family Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2789 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
See remarks for effective date |
| TX | SB1559 | Pass | Relating to conflicts between a protective order and certain other orders and to the transfer of a protective order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB12 | Pass | Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1589 | Pass | Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3284 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB3597 | Pass | Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1896 | Pass | Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3783 | Pass | Relating to court-ordered counseling in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1923 | Pass | Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1946 | Pass | Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB140 | Pass | Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
See remarks for effective date |
| TX | SB2018 | Pass | Relating to the strong families credit against certain taxes for entities that contribute to certain organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1, 2026 |
| TX | HB4129 | Pass | Relating to the contract requirements for a contract between a single source continuum contractor and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB4263 | Pass | Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
