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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers."
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description: "Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers."
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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: "SB 780"
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citation: "Texas SB 780 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Health--Emergency Services & Personnel (I0384)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "Hughes"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a0060f5-a2fe-400e-a1fd-fa9ee5d9a12f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 780.xml"
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source_hash: "3b42864baa53ba94cd706ae539b6b6bc525031028e8a472f2ac503c77cdf9f5a"
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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 SB 780 (88) — Relating to emergency possession of certain abandoned children by designated emergency infant care providers.
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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/SB00780I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00780E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00780H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00780S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00780F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **125–15** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 780 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **113–28** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hefner — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-02-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-08** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-03-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-03-15** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-03-16** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-03-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-03-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-03-16** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-03-16** Record vote
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- **2023-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Record vote
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- **2023-03-16** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-03** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-15** Record vote
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- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-15** Record vote
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- **2023-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2023-05-19** Read
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- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** 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/3a0060f5-a2fe-400e-a1fd-fa9ee5d9a12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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