---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case."
description: "Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "Texas HB 454 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "DRUG COURTS (S0609)", "Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Metcalf"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55dd050f-9058-40cc-aa97-97b2f44659de"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 454.xml"
source_hash: "76317409104b7d56adc469979e3d529e189e701485e102e2dac30626169a311b"
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 454 (87) — Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case.

## 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/HB00454I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00454E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00454H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00454S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00454F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** 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/55dd050f-9058-40cc-aa97-97b2f44659de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).