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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
+description: "Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 868"
+citation: "Texas HB 868 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-17"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11698cfd-6a5b-475c-8784-1c1b896b5b43"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 868.xml"
+source_hash: "97549093da815bc1673c65816238baeac1d40c18852f939d2e40ed8db363420e"
+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 868 (87) — Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
+
+## 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/HB00868I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-17** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** 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
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Record vote
+- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-08** 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** Testimony taken in committee
+- **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
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-22** 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/11698cfd-6a5b-475c-8784-1c1b896b5b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+