---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster youth who are transitioning to independent living."
description: "Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster youth who are transitioning to independent living."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1379"
citation: "Texas SB 1379 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Financial--General (I0365)", "Minors--General (I0537)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Klick", "Lujan", "Morales, Eddie", "Noble", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7c8655-7613-4f17-901e-803f6e4069a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1379.xml"
source_hash: "e4fd49e2600c5033049fe23ea62d56e17592cd91e70b6f809b7d849dce377cda"
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 1379 (88) — Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster youth who are transitioning to independent living.

## 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/SB01379I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01379E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01379H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01379S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01379F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **131–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- LaMantia — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/8e7c8655-7613-4f17-901e-803f6e4069a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).