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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
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description: "Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 868"
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citation: "Texas HB 868 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-12-17"
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last_action: "2021-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11698cfd-6a5b-475c-8784-1c1b896b5b43"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 868.xml"
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source_hash: "97549093da815bc1673c65816238baeac1d40c18852f939d2e40ed8db363420e"
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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 868 (87) — Relating to the jury charge and jury findings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00868F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-01** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-03-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-03-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-04-01** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-07** Passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Record vote
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- **2021-04-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-08** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
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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/11698cfd-6a5b-475c-8784-1c1b896b5b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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