republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-593.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an independent assessment of the Health and Human Services Commission's and the Department of Family and Protective Services' rules, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to certain residential child-care providers."
description: "Relating to an independent assessment of the Health and Human Services Commission's and the Department of Family and Protective Services' rules, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to certain residential child-care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 593"
citation: "Texas SB 593 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Human Services--Child Services (I0895)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank", "Garcia", "Noble", "Rose", "Sparks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8380d05-3ae4-4f16-90dc-5514aaa550d1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 593.xml"
source_hash: "6b3e271fd08857fc17bc35a8f18d1a98f816c33f6b1735bfcbe20ed0c95a5142"
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 593 (88) — Relating to an independent assessment of the Health and Human Services Commission's and the Department of Family and Protective Services' rules, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to certain residential child-care providers.

## 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/SB00593I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00593E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00593H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00593S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00593F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 593 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** 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** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8380d05-3ae4-4f16-90dc-5514aaa550d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).