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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the duty to report child abuse and neglect."
description: "Relating to the duty to report child abuse and neglect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3379"
citation: "Texas HB 3379 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Gates", "Kolkhorst", "Leman", "Middleton", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f9e375e-6e69-4b7e-91cd-ca30f4440935"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3379.xml"
source_hash: "53b84b58ad79b1a82f04d5b473284ab5c8f3b02f6a1a010fa69489e07527f13b"
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 3379 (87) — Relating to the duty to report child abuse and 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/87R/billtext/html/HB03379I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03379E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03379H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03379S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03379F.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **1349** (fail) · upper
- passage — **1349** (pass) · lower
- passage — **11233** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Record vote
- **2021-04-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f9e375e-6e69-4b7e-91cd-ca30f4440935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).