republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/hb-968.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 968"
citation: "Texas HB 968 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Frank", "Gates", "González, Mary", "Kolkhorst", "Rose"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96fc4d64-91f8-4650-88d2-12499cbbf598"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 968.xml"
source_hash: "4804232e60cd55c8d4c637c84957b58847be21f1f1b3e50c6b9e03121d7f0f1d"
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 968 (88) — Relating to procedures in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00968I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00968E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00968H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00968S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00968F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 968 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bhojani — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Venton — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Moody — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-19** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-17** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-23** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-23** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96fc4d64-91f8-4650-88d2-12499cbbf598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).