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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+description: "Relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem 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 1315"
+citation: "Texas HB 1315 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Jarvis", "Leach", "Neave", "Powell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-25"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b22dacb8-a3f6-4002-aefb-653af40c52fa"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1315.xml"
+source_hash: "78dc9abcb162202a33db4b80c8fb968bff954c85a960d8c9a26180056f7b2925"
+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 1315 (87) — Relating to the duration of an appointment of a guardian ad litem or an attorney ad litem 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/HB01315I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01315E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01315H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01315S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01315F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **107–32** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **107–32** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **110–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Powell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-25** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-24** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/b22dacb8-a3f6-4002-aefb-653af40c52fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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