republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-24.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Texas SB 24 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION (S0101)", "Abortion (I0005)", "CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "FAMILY PLANNING & BIRTH CONTROL (S0466)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--General (I0920)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Creighton", "Frank", "Hall", "Hull", "King", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Noble", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Sparks", "Springer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56c62e85-8fdb-49a3-bec7-4d29c6323c50"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 24.xml"
source_hash: "f6b265b786f99f7d0e61b585125e25ffffc78195aedf5be23fa3a72006a4996a"
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 SB 24 (88) — Relating to the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and the transfer to the commission of certain powers and duties from 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/SB00024I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00024E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00024H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00024S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00024F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- passage — **124–22** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 24 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Hancock — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-22** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-03-27** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-03-27** Record vote
- **2023-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-03-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Record vote
- **2023-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-03-27** Record vote
- **2023-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Record vote
- **2023-03-27** Statement(s) submitted
- **2023-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-03-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-25** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-19** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-19** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-22** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56c62e85-8fdb-49a3-bec7-4d29c6323c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).