---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process."
description: "Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 500"
citation: "Texas SB 500 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION (S0101)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shaheen", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b52edb-e33f-462f-9705-48ee713fbc42"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 500.xml"
source_hash: "d504a0d958a93826cea96e2728e03d685ef3683c85698a26edda3ed4382eaa3f"
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 500 (89R) — Relating to access to certain information in the adoption process.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00500I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00500E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00500H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00500S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00500F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-22** Filed `filing`
- **2025-01-29** Co-author authorized
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-28** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b52edb-e33f-462f-9705-48ee713fbc42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).