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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
+description: "Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 1973"
+citation: "Texas HB 1973 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Aliens (I0032)", "BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f77f8b-f09f-4d86-bd23-f57ba2ecc566"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1973.xml"
+source_hash: "de9c81d6f12a6852c281d88fe1c387bfec5670b969214c736f78b5fbde0c7665"
+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 1973 (89R) — Relating to proof of the identity of a child's parents 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01973I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01973E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01973H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01973S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01973F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–2** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **133–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14** Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
+- **2025-03-24** Considered by s/c in public hearing
+- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
+- **2025-03-24** Left pending in subcommittee
+- **2025-04-09** Recalled from subcommittee
+- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** Record vote
+- **2025-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-05** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-21** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f77f8b-f09f-4d86-bd23-f57ba2ecc566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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