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Bill Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. Relating to the use of expert testimony in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 891 Texas HB 891 (88)
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CHILD CUSTODY (S4378)
Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)
Family--Parent & Child (I0355)
enacted
Bettencourt
Garcia
Spiller
5 51 2 2022-12-07 2023-06-18 openstates ocd-bill/70c5a232-bfbf-489f-9087-6c795400680d ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00800_HB00899/HB 891.xml 7ed076cb647618184beae665fac87467633478ff9f38965caae31d1cff1e563d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 891 (88) — Relating to the use of expert testimony in 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
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 891 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 310 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1331 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bettencourt — primary (person)
  • Garcia — primary (person)
  • Spiller — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-12-07 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-01 Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues referral-committee
  • 2023-04-12 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-12 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-12 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-12 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-20 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-04-20 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-20 Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent referral-committee
  • 2023-04-20 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-01 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-02 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-02 Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
  • 2023-05-03 Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
  • 2023-05-06 Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
  • 2023-05-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-06 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-05-06 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-06 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-06 Record vote
  • 2023-05-06 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-06 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-05-08 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-05-09 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-05-09 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-05-15 Posting rule suspended
  • 2023-05-15 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-15 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-05-15 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-16 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-16 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-05-16 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-17 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-19 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-19 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-19 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-19 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-05-19 Record vote
  • 2023-05-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-19 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-19 Record vote
  • 2023-05-19 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-20 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-22 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-23 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-18 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70c5a232-bfbf-489f-9087-6c795400680d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).