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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+description: "Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1227"
+citation: "Texas HB 1227 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Klick", "Leman", "Neave", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994aa552-5485-4e9a-80a5-da4ef6aa3a57"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1227.xml"
+source_hash: "7b850542e3b2e1df4bc456ceb732b001f1c6d090afab846a0c10bf8b36b07944"
+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 1227 (87) — Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frank — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Leman — primary (person)
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Record vote
+- **2021-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994aa552-5485-4e9a-80a5-da4ef6aa3a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+