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+type: "Bill"
+title: "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."
+description: "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."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 369"
+citation: "Texas HB 369 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "ADOPTION (S0101)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Dutton", "Frullo", "Huffman", "Longoria", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-15"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6928500a-7b7b-4912-b327-c9676d530a99"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 369.xml"
+source_hash: "7493f23fb652bad4ed2c99a6a2ebffbc1639e2341d2927829f389515c316d515"
+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 369 (86) — 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.
+
+## 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/HB00369I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Frullo — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Longoria — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-22** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6928500a-7b7b-4912-b327-c9676d530a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+