---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of mental health services for certain children at risk of relinquishment."
description: "Relating to the provision of mental health services for certain children at risk of relinquishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Texas SB 642 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547f8670-6ada-4041-b331-5075874ecf17"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 642.xml"
source_hash: "fa89fdfae734b4c529485a6623497090a26f4f349c3fe590827de2242a92accb"
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 642 (87) — Relating to the provision of mental health services for certain children at risk of relinquishment.

## 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/SB00642I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00642E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00642H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00642S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00642F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Record vote
- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** 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/547f8670-6ada-4041-b331-5075874ecf17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).