---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child custody evaluations."
description: "Relating to child custody evaluations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3009"
citation: "Texas HB 3009 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CUSTODY (S4378)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos", "Wu", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29cf2c0-8ffe-4c04-a49a-024a0985d63d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03000_HB03099/HB 3009.xml"
source_hash: "2291aa1c5281500d7720d1e2837c1d6391041b15a653fb67051f846470721412"
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 3009 (87) — Relating to child custody evaluations.

## 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/HB03009I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03009E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03009H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03009S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03009F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** 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
- **2021-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-19** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-08** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-08** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-08** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-27** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/d29cf2c0-8ffe-4c04-a49a-024a0985d63d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).