---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1227"
citation: "Texas HB 1227 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Johnson, Jarvis", "Klick", "Leman", "Neave", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994aa552-5485-4e9a-80a5-da4ef6aa3a57"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1227.xml"
source_hash: "7b850542e3b2e1df4bc456ceb732b001f1c6d090afab846a0c10bf8b36b07944"
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 1227 (87) — Relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

## 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/HB01227I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01227F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994aa552-5485-4e9a-80a5-da4ef6aa3a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).