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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
description: "Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 694"
citation: "Texas HB 694 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Lujan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d0bb0a-bcea-4500-ac53-b716ac8f6ceb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 694.xml"
source_hash: "c2f2a3e78dd28665cfb57e02e67de7a6e6fd78ad9074a4ed7e8015d432dec8a7"
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 694 (89R) — Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to children in the managing conservatorship of 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/89R/billtext/html/HB00694I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00694E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00694H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00694S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00694F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1440** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1360** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 694 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cook — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Lujan — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-08** 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** Withdrawn from calendar (contested) `withdrawal`
- **2025-04-25** Returned to Calendars Committee
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-21** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97d0bb0a-bcea-4500-ac53-b716ac8f6ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).