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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code."
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description: "Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2850"
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citation: "Texas HB 2850 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Family--General (I0354)", "WITNESSES (S0015)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hughes", "Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-24"
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last_action: "2023-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf71795-89d0-4413-aa44-c94e13cf18b6"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2850.xml"
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source_hash: "72866360d5f96e116999ebf65aff402eecbb6f8f7bcacc68f531d041ecfda470"
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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 2850 (88) — Relating to discovery procedures for civil actions brought under the Family Code.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02850I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02850F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **142–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-24** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-01** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Record vote
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- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-09** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Rereferred to committee
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- **2023-05-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Posting rule suspended
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- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/8cf71795-89d0-4413-aa44-c94e13cf18b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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