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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
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description: "Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 1709"
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citation: "Texas HB 1709 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "González, Mary", "Menéndez"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5f6c32-f4c3-408a-8179-e7b35bb3d657"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01700_HB01799/HB 1709.xml"
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source_hash: "0aacda2f72418d246accbcb50162c28e363c2d2d5d43f6d33d045c23c32e08fd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 1709 (86) — Relating to the appointment of a surrogate parent for certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01709I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Frank — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Menéndez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-04** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-03-12** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-03-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-10** Record vote
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- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-05-19** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
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- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5f6c32-f4c3-408a-8179-e7b35bb3d657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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