Bill Commons

TX SB 1398

enacted

Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1398 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1398 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1398 about?

TX SB 1398 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain procedures in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship for a child placed in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services and the provision of family preservation services and community-based foster care.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1398?

Kolkhorst, Noble are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1398, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Nobleprimary
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  8. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-28

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28

    Read

  11. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-25

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-23

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  24. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  25. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  26. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  27. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  28. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  29. 2025-05-08

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-05-08

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-06

    Left pending in committee

  32. 2025-05-06

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  33. 2025-05-06

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-04-28

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-04-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  36. 2025-04-23

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  37. 2025-04-22

    Reported engrossed

  38. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-22

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-04-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  42. 2025-04-22

    Three day rule suspended

  43. 2025-04-22

    Vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-04-22

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  45. 2025-04-22

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  46. 2025-04-22

    Co-author authorized

  47. 2025-04-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  48. 2025-04-15

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  49. 2025-04-14

    Placed on intent calendar

  50. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  51. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2025-04-02

    Vote taken in committee

  53. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-26

    Left pending in committee

  55. 2025-03-26

    Testimony taken in committee

  56. 2025-03-26

    Considered in public hearing

  57. 2025-03-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  59. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  60. 2025-02-19

    Filed

    filing

  61. 2025-02-19

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1398 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-22 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 137-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Raymond: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Bryan: not voting
    • Simmons: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 133-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • K: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmon: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 31-0

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1398.xml

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