---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 567"
citation: "Texas SB 567 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Support (I0352)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "MEDIATION", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION", "& ARBITRATION (S8683)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Neave"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75af6505-5561-455c-ba9f-b80229d7773f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 567.xml"
source_hash: "c88ed8fa4c0b9312bafbde08a77b939ec861af30bd454776cda072d465b56288"
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 567 (87) — Relating to the powers and duties of a domestic relations office.

## 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/SB00567I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00567E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00567H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00567S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00567F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** House passage reported
- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** 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/75af6505-5561-455c-ba9f-b80229d7773f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).