---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2165"
citation: "Texas SB 2165 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "MISSING CHILDREN (S2362)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82912abc-8553-4137-ac0f-478211851e9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2165.xml"
source_hash: "6abbf6b3d23725c0763d14852adce830153e3295450cdfee907b7f54b289dc81"
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 2165 (89R) — Relating to prohibiting the dismissal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship involving 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02165I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02165E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02165H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02165S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02165F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-09** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82912abc-8553-4137-ac0f-478211851e9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).