Bill Commons

TX SB 1971

died on adjournment

Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1971 pass?

No. TX SB 1971 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-17): Referred to Jurisprudence

What is TX SB 1971 about?

TX SB 1971 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1971?

Middleton is the primary sponsor of TX SB 1971.

Introduced
2025-03-06
Latest action
2025-03-17 — Referred to Jurisprudence
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Middletonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-06

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-06

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1971.xml

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:33:51.767464Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TX&identifier=SB 1971. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.