---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reinstatement of the parent-child relationship with respect to a person whose parental rights have been involuntarily terminated and to certain requirements in relation to the termination of the parent-child relationship or placement of a child in substitute care."
description: "Relating to the reinstatement of the parent-child relationship with respect to a person whose parental rights have been involuntarily terminated and to certain requirements in relation to the termination of the parent-child relationship or placement of a child in substitute care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2926"
citation: "Texas HB 2926 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Krause", "Minjarez", "Parker", "Talarico"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7846b1bc-602a-4dad-a090-1c201b744671"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02900_HB02999/HB 2926.xml"
source_hash: "280af141615752d315fcb74df3c657ed667aa1ec9fcba3077aefc5b870930efb"
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 2926 (87) — Relating to the reinstatement of the parent-child relationship with respect to a person whose parental rights have been involuntarily terminated and to certain requirements in relation to the termination of the parent-child relationship or placement of a child in substitute care.

## 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/HB02926I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02926E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02926H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02926S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02926F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Minjarez — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** 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/7846b1bc-602a-4dad-a090-1c201b744671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).