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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a plan and report on court-ordered representation for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship."
description: "Relating to a plan and report on court-ordered representation for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "Texas SB 560 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Smithee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a49d762-da2d-4db8-9c81-91828dd25852"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 560.xml"
source_hash: "bc9688f0f209f9122e606ed61a430045d612c86e6b240d98efc061cbbfd0befd"
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 560 (86) — Relating to a plan and report on court-ordered representation for certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00560I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1420** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-31** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-31** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Record vote
- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-30** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a49d762-da2d-4db8-9c81-91828dd25852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).