---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care."
description: "Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 53"
citation: "Texas HB 53 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER", "OFFICE OF (V0242)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "SECURITIES BOARD", "STATE (V2344)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Klick", "Miller", "Minjarez", "Powell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99251cab-9d1c-4c43-9cc4-fdbeaf554769"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 53.xml"
source_hash: "0426c4bcdfff6c24dc379491dc51de4dd6c2a8ed4e7cb3231b2e21286e342d04"
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 53 (86) — Relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care.

## 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/HB00053I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Powell — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Record vote
- **2019-04-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** 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** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again 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/99251cab-9d1c-4c43-9cc4-fdbeaf554769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).