---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a training program for persons investigating suspected child abuse or neglect."
description: "Relating to a training program for persons investigating suspected child abuse or neglect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1447"
citation: "Texas SB 1447 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos", "Miles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e70f85-df6d-4291-a68e-c623632b71b3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1447.xml"
source_hash: "69a3e7027dd40e4e1dab3c9324869b0e28a18a793ee1823c85d72f254739927c"
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 SB 1447 (88) — Relating to a training program for persons investigating suspected child abuse or neglect.

## 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/SB01447I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01447E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01447H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01447S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01447F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **119–27** (pass) · lower
- passage — **114–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Postponed
- **2023-05-17** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-18** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-18** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** 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/d7e70f85-df6d-4291-a68e-c623632b71b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).