---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code."
description: "Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2850"
citation: "Texas HB 2850 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Family--General (I0354)", "WITNESSES (S0015)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-24"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf71795-89d0-4413-aa44-c94e13cf18b6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2850.xml"
source_hash: "72866360d5f96e116999ebf65aff402eecbb6f8f7bcacc68f531d041ecfda470"
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 2850 (88) — Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02850I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Rereferred to committee
- **2023-05-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cf71795-89d0-4413-aa44-c94e13cf18b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).