Chair
State Representative (D)
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
House Committee
Vice Chair
State Representative (R)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 69 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of the Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Task Force. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 93 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 178 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the waiting period for a marriage ceremony. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 53 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 110 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the punishment by confinement for contempt of court for failure to obey a court order related to truancy. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 107 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the fine imposed on a student convicted of truancy. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 212 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 263 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 231 | Family and Children Issues Immigration Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to extending the court's jurisdiction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship over certain young people for purposes of obtaining special immigrant juvenile status and Department of Family and Protective Services policies for handling cases involving those young people. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 454 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 297 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the establishment of progressive sanctions for students who fail to attend school and to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 378 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the establishment of progressive sanctions for students who fail to attend school and to the repeal of the offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 331 | Family and Children Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed electronically in a child protection suit. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 330 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 386 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; providing a penalty. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 364 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 354 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a suit for legal separation in a marriage. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 332 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the authority of a prosecutor in a juvenile case to appeal certain judicial decisions. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 524 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 431 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 519 | Education Judiciary |
Relating to venue for the offense of a parent contributing to a child's failure to attend school. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 516 | Education Judiciary |
Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 556 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to juvenile probation fees and court costs imposed by a juvenile court; increasing fees. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 545 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 547 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 642 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to an alcohol awareness program or drug education program for certain minors convicted of or adjudicated to have engaged in, or placed on deferred disposition or community supervision for, certain drug or alcohol related offenses; authorizing a fee. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 807 | Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 697 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the waiver of fines, fees, and court costs imposed on a student convicted of truancy. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 826 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the provision of information relating to the modification of a child support order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 825 | Family and Children Issues Indigenous Peoples |
Relating to procedures for identifying any Native American heritage of children in certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 725 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Labor and Employment |
Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | 02/23/2015 |
| HJR 47 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a court to partition the community property and to characterize future earnings of spouses as separate property on legal separation of the spouses. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 618 | Crime Education |
Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 943 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support obligations. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 851 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to children's advocacy centers. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 884 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the abolishment of the Orange County child support office and to the divorce and contempt fees paid in Orange County. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1053 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to requiring parties in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship to disclose to the court knowledge of certain registered sex offenders; creating grounds for contempt of court. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 984 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1143 | Family and Children Issues Health Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to information and services for foster children who are pregnant or minor parents. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1217 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to certain reporting requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding child protection, including reporting information for certain foster children who are missing or are victims of sex trafficking. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1240 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1205 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1195 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to a disclosure by an attorney before accepting representation of a client in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1144 | Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to establishing a task force to examine the adjudication, disposition, and registration of juvenile sex offenders. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1460 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to a temporary restraining order for preservation of property and protection of the parties in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1449 | Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; creating an offense; authorizing fees. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1309 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to a child in foster care or in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1311 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas juvenile justice system. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1470 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1490 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to public school interventions for truancy and eliminating a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1480 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the definitions of dating violence and family violence for purposes of the issuance of a protective order. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1604 | Crime Education |
Relating to the mandatory removal of public school students from classrooms following certain conduct. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1491 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the publication of confidential criminal and juvenile justice records of certain juveniles; providing civil penalties. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1636 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1564 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the establishment of judicial donation trust funds to assist needy children and families appearing before justice and municipal courts. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1500 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1573 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1391 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1594 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to increasing the punishment for contempt of court by certain juveniles in a justice or municipal court. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1549 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to nonsubstantive corrections in statutes to references to the Texas Youth Commission and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1371 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an independent ombudsman for children and youth in foster care. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1359 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1365 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1571 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to notice of the right to employ counsel in truancy proceedings. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1586 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the operation and administration of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and its facilities, to the operation of post-adjudication secure correctional facilities for juvenile offenders, and to the commitment and placement of juvenile offenders. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1507 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to a report to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department concerning restorative justice programs for juvenile offenders in certain counties. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 2632 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to removing a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 2010 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2159 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to requiring the payment of restitution as a condition of community supervision for offenses involving family violence committed in the presence of certain children. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1824 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1825 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to references to school in the Texas Family Code. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1803 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1827 | Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the use of digitized signatures in certain family law proceedings. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1826 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1753 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to dismissal of charges of failure to attend school or parent contributing to nonattendance. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1828 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1781 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to access by a sibling of a child separated from the sibling due to an action by the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1782 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to protective orders against certain persons who are convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense involving family violence. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1699 | Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the commission of family violence as grounds for an annulment of a marriage. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1695 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to Internet access to certain district court family dockets. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2140 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the creation by the Department of Family and Protective Services of positions and organizations to facilitate the provision of services to foster youth. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2363 | Family and Children Issues Other |
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2268 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to expunction of convictions and records in failure to attend school cases. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2447 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2395 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary |
Relating to the testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) following the filing of a petition and a finding of probable cause that the juvenile has engaged in certain delinquent conduct. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2344 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2411 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues |
Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2372 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to training requirements for juvenile correctional officers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2429 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to the persons who may consent to the medical care or immunization of a child. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2398 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2530 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the abolishment of the Wharton County child support office. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2895 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the payment of certain attorney ad litem fees in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2934 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to prohibiting the use of a mechanical or physical restraint on a child during a judicial proceeding in the juvenile court. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2945 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Health Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2652 | Crime Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to certain investigations of reports of child abuse or neglect and procedures for foster homes after a report of abuse or neglect. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1704 | Family and Children Issues Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to disclosure of pregnancy or the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2793 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to detention of juveniles accused only of running away from home. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2931 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the secure confinement of certain children. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2616 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings; increasing the punishment for certain delinquent conduct. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2651 | Crime Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to law enforcement agency investigations of certain reports of child abuse or neglect. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2723 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2626 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend a plan to increase the minimum age of juvenile jurisdiction. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2514 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2751 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Atascosa County. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2821 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures for truancy. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2630 | Crime Family and Children Issues Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to certain programs provided to families of children at risk for abuse and neglect. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2837 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to authorization agreements between a parent and a relative or other person for the care and custody of the parent's child and an exemption from a licensing requirement; authorizing a fee. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2923 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the conditions of confinement of children prior to certain judicial proceedings. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2596 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the date by which certain protective order information must be entered by a local law enforcement agency into the statewide law enforcement information system. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2615 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the office of independent ombudsman for the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2053 | Crime Family and Children Issues Public Services Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the protection of certain children who may be subject to child abuse or neglect through the operation of the child safety check alert list and training for law enforcement officers relating to the child safety check alert list. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3277 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the office of independent ombudsman with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in regard to juveniles in custody in certain facilities. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3409 | Crime Education |
Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3252 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the dismissal of a misdemeanor charge. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2278 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to authorizing certain current and retired associate judges to conduct a marriage ceremony. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2550 | Family and Children Issues Health Public Services |
Relating to the establishment and duties of a task force to study and make recommendations on family support and parent education programs. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2233 | Family and Children Issues Municipal and County Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a parent education pilot program by the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3530 | Family and Children Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to encouraging age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3538 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3501 | Crime Education Judiciary |
Relating to the placement of a student who is a moderate or high risk sex offender in a juvenile justice alternative education program or a disciplinary alternative education program with certain monitoring requirements. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 853 | Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the confidentiality of information identifying children who are victims of certain offenses; creating an offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3665 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3734 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license and the marriage of a minor. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3715 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3802 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to intervention by a foster parent in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3967 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to a pilot program to increase the financial independence of foster children who are transitioning to independent living. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3949 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the conditions and enforcement of possession orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3852 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to contempt of court committed by certain juvenile offenders and the detention of certain juvenile offenders. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3575 | Family and Children Issues Transportation |
Relating to eligibility for supplemental financial assistance provided to certain grandparents. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4111 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the release of certain child fatality and near fatality information for abused or neglected children. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4093 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to repealing insupportability as a ground for divorce. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3906 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3830 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the participation of students under the supervision of the Texas Department of Juvenile Justice in University Interscholastic League athletic activities. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4003 | Crime Judiciary Other |
Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3857 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4122 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to retroactive child support sought after a child reaches 18 years of age. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4009 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the appointment of associate judges for child protection cases. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4086 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court regarding a temporary order rendered by an associate judge in certain family law proceedings. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3128 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to service of a temporary ex parte order issued in response to an application for a protective order in circumstances involving family violence. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2992 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the functions of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3121 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the enforcement of orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4048 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to mental health assessments and evaluations of children in foster care. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3730 | Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the creation of a committee to study adoption practices in this state. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3864 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Social Issues |
Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 2684 | Crime Education Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers. | 04/09/2015 |
| HB 2885 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to requiring a school district to report data regarding restraints administered to, sanctions imposed on, complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of students. | 04/09/2015 |
| HB 3341 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a requirement that school district superintendents report information relating to the use of restraints against students and student arrests; creating a criminal offense. | 04/15/2015 |
| SB 60 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 949 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the release of certain child fatality and near-fatality information for abused or neglected children. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 814 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 815 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to a temporary restraining order for preservation of property and protection of the parties in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 822 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 812 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues |
Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 108 | Crime Education Judiciary |
Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 314 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 817 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the issuance of a protective order and the appointment of a managing conservator in certain family law proceedings. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 106 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 950 | Crime Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 1149 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 888 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 818 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence; creating a criminal offense. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 390 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to docket preference for trials in which the alleged victim is younger than 14 years of age. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 1407 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to encouraging age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1630 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the commitment of juveniles in post-adjudication secure correctional facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and by local probation departments. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1406 | Crime Family and Children Issues Public Services Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the protection of certain children through the operation of the child safety check alert list. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1174 | Family and Children Issues Insurance |
Relating to the insurance reporting program operated by the Title IV-D agency. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1931 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1929 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 409 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 550 | Family and Children Issues Health Insurance |
Relating to requiring dental support for a child subject to a child support order. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1727 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1726 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 813 | Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the use of digitized signatures in certain family law proceedings. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 821 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to references to school in the Family Code. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 1707 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 830 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an independent ombudsman for children and youth in foster care. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 183 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the offenses of the violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with individuals in custody; imposing a criminal penalty. | 05/14/2015 |
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