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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council."
description: "Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Texas HB 140 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE (S4256)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Governor (I0375)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (V0860)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d45a6773-5f37-4e0a-adfc-936e28e54e1d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 140.xml"
source_hash: "e6f828c67d050f8422b7903fdb694f931bd865e0d59e20c1ea82684b9b2584a9"
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 140 (89R) — Relating to advisory bodies for the Department of Family and Protective Services, including the creation of the child protective investigations advisory committee and the abolition of the Family and Protective Services Council.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00140I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00140E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00140H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00140S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00140F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1292** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1177** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 140 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1177** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
- **2025-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Record vote
- **2025-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-28** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-09** Printing rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
- **2025-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-09** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-19** Record vote
- **2025-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-20** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-25** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d45a6773-5f37-4e0a-adfc-936e28e54e1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).