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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including the payment and enforcement of support ordered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
description: "Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including the payment and enforcement of support ordered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 869"
citation: "Texas SB 869 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIGITAL SIGNATURES (S0144)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2de86c37-543f-4401-b204-944da48df282"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 869.xml"
source_hash: "65af1be2c11ae122a3cebbf33b239e883a99f55d11c060db7fefbbd36eb560d0"
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 869 (88) — Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including the payment and enforcement of support ordered in a suit 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](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00869I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00869E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00869H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00869S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00869F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1357** (pass) · lower
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 869 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **00** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Smithee — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23** 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/2de86c37-543f-4401-b204-944da48df282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).