---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
description: "Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1689"
citation: "Texas HB 1689 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "DIVORCE (S3940)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deshotel", "Miles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0535b72-4ec2-47e9-a5a5-65b0fef7f8aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1689.xml"
source_hash: "4184934ed1f97657b4427a4d9bb4d3b1261eb2299de9c470096c0710cf288c5b"
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 1689 (86) — Relating to disclosure regarding the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file 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://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01689I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Record vote
- **2019-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-02** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-02** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-03** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0535b72-4ec2-47e9-a5a5-65b0fef7f8aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).