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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+description: "Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 1709"
+citation: "Texas HB 1709 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "González, Mary", "Menéndez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5f6c32-f4c3-408a-8179-e7b35bb3d657"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1709.xml"
+source_hash: "0aacda2f72418d246accbcb50162c28e363c2d2d5d43f6d33d045c23c32e08fd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 1709 (86) — Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01709I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frank — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Record vote
+- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5f6c32-f4c3-408a-8179-e7b35bb3d657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+