---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to minimum standards and caregiver training for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to minimum standards and caregiver training for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2764"
citation: "Texas HB 2764 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Hughes", "Klick", "Minjarez", "Swanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d023aac-0894-408d-9d1e-7752664b3e5b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2764.xml"
source_hash: "184ae1b44909ed65bc3ab0d5627b6c184e24c4628c2b03de31be09176e9debb7"
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 2764 (86) — Relating to minimum standards and caregiver training for substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

## 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/HB02764I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–10** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **142–1** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-12** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-24** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-24** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/0d023aac-0894-408d-9d1e-7752664b3e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).