---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to judicial guidance related to child protective services cases and juvenile cases."
description: "Relating to judicial guidance related to child protective services cases and juvenile cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2737"
citation: "Texas HB 2737 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Crimes--Juvenile (I0190)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Frank", "Johnson", "Leach", "White", "Wu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dad73f0-f571-4185-80e9-eac355797af5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2737.xml"
source_hash: "caf89e559d1a79da75ee89fcfe2d43ebd54c92dec93e5f2079fc41706b0159be"
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 2737 (86) — Relating to judicial guidance related to child protective services cases and juvenile cases.

## 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/HB02737I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/3dad73f0-f571-4185-80e9-eac355797af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).