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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a waiver of the requirement for the performance of an adoption evaluation in certain suits for adoption."
+description: "Relating to a waiver of the requirement for the performance of an adoption evaluation in certain suits for adoption."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 461"
+citation: "Texas HB 461 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION (S0101)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-11-14"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f616d843-0a51-4009-b76b-7218c5eab4e1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 461.xml"
+source_hash: "a430cd3df0f73e9b9195309ee5ba9ae1c3d4630cfd8010ec13d2450cfba88464"
+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 461 (88) — Relating to a waiver of the requirement for the performance of an adoption evaluation in certain suits for adoption.
+
+## 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/HB00461I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00461E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00461H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00461S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00461F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-23** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f616d843-0a51-4009-b76b-7218c5eab4e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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