| 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 | HB1106 | Pass | Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB20 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
[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 | 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 | HB4623 | Pass | Relating to liability of public schools and professional school employees for sexual misconduct involving students.
[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 | HB2073 | Pass | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1778 | Pass | Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB748 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Not again placed on intent calendar |
| TX | SB2785 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-26
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB2070 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to individuals whose name may be added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-21
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB128 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to hospital reporting requirements regarding suspected child abuse, exploitation, or neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To House Public Health Committee |
| TX | HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to reporting and investigating certain cases of child abuse or neglect involving a pregnant person's use of a controlled substance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB3758 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a civil suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB4437 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a requirement that the Department of Information Resources implement and develop a system and database to authenticate and track certain digital content.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Business & Commerce Committee |
| TX | HB3281 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to procedures and grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-10
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB7 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to parental rights in public education, to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency, and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | SB1588 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB1552 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-01
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | SB425 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the child and adult protective investigations advisory committee in the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB54 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To House Public Education Committee |
| TX | SB2826 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of an education-based program to prevent medical child abuse through standardized training for medical students, healthcare professionals, and child protective services caseworkers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by a professional who is required to report child abuse or neglect and against a child under the care of that professional.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB1097 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the duty of certain professionals to report child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1196 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures and notice required before an individual's name is added to the central child abuse or neglect registry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-14
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1195 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the procedures for removing names from the central registry of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-14
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB5607 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to establishing a procedure for the Department of Family and Protective Services to respond to and issue findings on reports of abuse or neglect made by certain professionals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB5538 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the antiretaliation standard for mandatory reports of suspected abuse or neglect of a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB4814 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Public Education Committee |
| TX | HB4928 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2749 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the definition of abuse or neglect of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB2665 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-01
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB2716 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the consideration of a history of family violence, child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-31
To House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee |
| TX | HB4209 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a report of child abuse or neglect made by an employee of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-31
To House Public Education Committee |
| TX | HB3854 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-27
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB3635 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB3478 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-24
To House Family & Fiduciary Relationships Subcommittee |
| TX | HB2632 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the definition of child neglect and to the appointment of the Department of Family and Protective Services and a child's parent or legal guardian as joint managing conservators of the child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HJR120 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2411 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2469 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Public Education Committee |
| TX | SB1971 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB1841 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB1974 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2235 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14
To House Juvenile Justice Subcommittee |
| TX | HB1502 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the child and adult protective investigations advisory committee in the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To House Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1654 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to definition of abuse of a child, the reporting of child abuse and neglect, and certain required notifications about reports of child abuse and neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1693 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the reporting of child abuse or neglect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-11
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB1587 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-10
To Senate State Affairs Committee |
