---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports."
description: "Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Texas HB 63 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Klick", "Noble", "Oliverson", "Sparks", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478e050e-2d0c-4f95-9a0e-de19d4da4f17"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 63.xml"
source_hash: "3bf6714dca46f76cdc04eca0e4d21c937b1d6dce3f0200b456f4422d3487d5f4"
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 63 (88) — Relating to reports of child abuse or neglect and certain preliminary investigations of those reports.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00063I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00063E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00063H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00063S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00063F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **88–60** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **94–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-17** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478e050e-2d0c-4f95-9a0e-de19d4da4f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).