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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship involving the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "Texas HB 567 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Dutton", "Frank", "Hughes", "Noble", "Wu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-13"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3d58daf-ebdb-4264-89e4-3b99156ae92b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 567.xml"
source_hash: "694896f6e6a2f754b8e178055d9f3331d44ab4cc0e7650430a0900675f17f1ee"
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 567 (87) — Relating to the procedures and grounds for terminating the parent-child relationship, for taking possession of a child, and for certain hearings in a suit 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00567I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00567E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00567H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00567S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00567F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1435** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1434** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Dutton — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Cason — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-31** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2021-03-31** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-03-31** Record vote
- **2021-03-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-01** Point of order sustained (amendment)
- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Record vote
- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-28** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-04-29** Senate passage reported
- **2021-04-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-04-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-03** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-05-15** 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/e3d58daf-ebdb-4264-89e4-3b99156ae92b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).