---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the contracting authority of the Health and Human Services Commission for the volunteer advocate for children program."
description: "Relating to the contracting authority of the Health and Human Services Commission for the volunteer advocate for children program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1156"
citation: "Texas SB 1156 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af6c8eae-32e9-46fa-837f-661c5199a9c7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1156.xml"
source_hash: "10a78d5dd093d71b1239df3dbace6b931bfeba986ebcf7f3fbef8e897f64fae6"
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 SB 1156 (87) — Relating to the contracting authority of the Health and Human Services Commission for the volunteer advocate for children program.

## 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/SB01156I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01156E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01156H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01156S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01156F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-29** Meeting cancelled
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af6c8eae-32e9-46fa-837f-661c5199a9c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).