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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team."
+description: "Relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 473"
+citation: "Texas HB 473 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Sparks"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 70
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2022-11-14"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c87a4cd3-35d2-4994-806c-40d52f7c6269"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 473.xml"
+source_hash: "1a4eb06a7851211d5aafc7eb053bdefbc56be526311333cb3677f5751473bca3"
+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 473 (88) — Relating to parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team.
+
+## 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/HB00473I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00473E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00473H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00473S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00473F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Sparks — primary (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (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 Youth Health & Safety, Select `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-23** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-03-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** Record vote
+- **2023-04-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-18** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-19** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-08** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-19** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2023-05-19** House requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-19** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-19** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-21** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2023-05-21** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-22** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-22** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-23** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-24** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** 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 immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c87a4cd3-35d2-4994-806c-40d52f7c6269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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