---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of certain services by the Department of Family and Protective Services as an alternative to removing a child and certain procedures with respect to children in the managing conservatorship of the department."
description: "Relating to the provision of certain services by the Department of Family and Protective Services as an alternative to removing a child and certain procedures with respect to children in the managing conservatorship of the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3041"
citation: "Texas HB 3041 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Gates", "Hull", "Kolkhorst", "Minjarez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec2e7b70-5843-4dc3-bd6e-7e84a156cb5f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3041.xml"
source_hash: "acf19fb4ee4e66bc9d56aa4d70b7aed6b6bef5fb5668e0ffbd9e16c6261d47a8"
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 3041 (87) — Relating to the provision of certain services by the Department of Family and Protective Services as an alternative to removing a child and certain procedures with respect to children in the managing conservatorship of the department.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03041I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03041E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03041H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03041S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03041F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec2e7b70-5843-4dc3-bd6e-7e84a156cb5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).