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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a fee."
+description: "Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a fee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 4544"
+citation: "Texas HB 4544 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Swanson", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b41a80c-12cd-4afb-932d-3b35e1df6e03"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04500_HB04599/HB 4544.xml"
+source_hash: "cd3474cdbb9c0892d09f75699cf21986004060416ad05b30b1843685b2c0273c"
+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 4544 (87) — Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release; authorizing a fee.
+
+## 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/HB04544I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04544E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04544H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04544S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04544F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-15** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-20** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-30** Record vote
+- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** 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/9b41a80c-12cd-4afb-932d-3b35e1df6e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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