---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth."
description: "Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "Texas HB 123 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Minors--General (I0537)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)", "BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "HOMELESS (S0243)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klick", "Miller", "Minjarez", "Rose", "Watson", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86f3bd5f-0d62-4eb3-9b7a-b3a4c2be6c03"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 123.xml"
source_hash: "cfad2cd459f5025161530bef1b523f168b97443a419773ef71a79d172a1d92ed"
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 123 (86) — Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB00123I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klick — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-02-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-21** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Record vote
- **2019-03-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-21** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86f3bd5f-0d62-4eb3-9b7a-b3a4c2be6c03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).