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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty."
+description: "Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 969"
+citation: "Texas HB 969 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY (S4378)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Lujan", "Middleton", "Raymond"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-12-09"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffa4e34-7345-408d-837b-17e45e51dcab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 969.xml"
+source_hash: "d7b852002c4e036799899549c3e5cefcf0c7ad9fcc27b8590d69ea3bc3ac37b1"
+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 969 (88) — Relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; authorizing a civil penalty.
+
+## 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/HB00969I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00969E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00969H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00969S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00969F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Lujan — primary (person)
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-09** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **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
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent 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/9ffa4e34-7345-408d-837b-17e45e51dcab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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