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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under certain circumstances."
+description: "Relating to the continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under certain circumstances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2070"
+citation: "Texas HB 2070 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DIVORCE (S3940)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Morales, Eddie", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e2839d-71e8-4015-aba8-ec9c2dbce3cd"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2070.xml"
+source_hash: "119dd8d6d4ad0652a4d488642ff96ac0e970fdacbbc5920043364a343bb3cfbb"
+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 2070 (88) — Relating to the continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under certain circumstances.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02070I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02070E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02070H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02070S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02070F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-21** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-21** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-09** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e2839d-71e8-4015-aba8-ec9c2dbce3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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