| 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 | 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 | SB500 | Pass | Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB3284 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Marriage and Family.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| 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 | 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 | SB2165 | Pass | Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB4795 | Pass | Relating to duties of the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services in relation to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including in regard to the electronic transmission of certain information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB5149 | Pass | Relating to restricting the collection and use of DNA samples from 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 | 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 | HB1151 | Pass | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2399 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the requirements for certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar |
| TX | SB2052 | Pass | Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB4730 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights, adoption, and the regulation of child-placing agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar |
| TX | HB116 | Pass | Relating to grounds for the involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2041 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to procedures for selecting a placement for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | SB2306 | Pass | Relating to the provision of adoption cost information by a licensed child-placing agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2794 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-23
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SJR34 | Pass | Proposing a constitutional amendment affirming the rights and responsibilities of parents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
Filed with the Secretary of State |
| TX | HB2301 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB2159 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB2581 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the information required for payment of services provided through the Thriving Texas Families Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB5302 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Post-adoption Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB4035 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
To Senate Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2160 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB3382 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the duties of court-appointed guardians ad litem, attorneys ad litem, and amicus attorneys in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB3996 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to extensions of the mandatory dismissal date in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB4611 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to certain voluntary registries in relation to the adoption of or the termination of parental rights regarding a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB4805 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB5551 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB741 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures for the removal of certain children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and monetary assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain relativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
