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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to efficiency audits of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+description: "Relating to efficiency audits of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 2374"
+citation: "Texas HB 2374 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD (V0161)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gates", "Hull", "Kolkhorst", "Noble", "Sanford"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b752bc14-7470-49ee-9a2b-3be66d787bfe"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2374.xml"
+source_hash: "7debe2663da421cfe7e76804a1e74b86a5ab23c09893d488f507f29957eacc5f"
+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 2374 (87) — Relating to efficiency audits 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/HB02374I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02374E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02374H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02374S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02374F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **125–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gates — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Noble — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-19** Postponed
+- **2021-04-20** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-14** 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
+- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** 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/b752bc14-7470-49ee-9a2b-3be66d787bfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+