---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship."
description: "Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1854"
citation: "Texas HB 1854 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "ADOPTION (S0101)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Hughes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efeaffbe-eada-4a85-8b90-39a1f0dc65c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1854.xml"
source_hash: "9affadc98f57d2e717f22692e2102406fcd2e95a007d0abc5253d1a4ffc0a11c"
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 1854 (86) — Relating to loss of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of a court in certain suits 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/HB01854I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **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
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** 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/efeaffbe-eada-4a85-8b90-39a1f0dc65c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).