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Child care, foster care, child support, and programs for parents and young children.

121 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 107Relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 120Relating to transitional support services and housing resources for foster youth transitioning to independent living.Rep. Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra
• HB 124Relating to the remote participation of certain persons in a proceeding for the issuance or modification of a protective order.Rep. Garcia, Linda
• HB 135Relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.Rep. Garcia, Linda
• HB 140Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.Rep. Curry
• HB 143Relating to the improper relationship between educator and student, including the statute of limitations for and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense, the rights and protection of victims of the offense, and the punishment of certain acts committed in furtherance of the offense.Rep. Guillen
• HB 185Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requirements.Rep. Curry
• HB 186Relating to the criminal consequences for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, including increasing the minimum term of imprisonment, changing eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole, and requiring sex offender registration for that offense.Rep. Leach
• HB 193Relating to measures to support students against whom certain alleged incidents of misconduct by an educational entity or private school employee or service provider were committed.Rep. Guillen
• HB 195Relating to implementation of an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.Rep. Bucy
• HB 205Relating to specialty courts and the creation of a specialty court for individuals who are arrested for and charged with committing family violence; imposing fees for participation in specialty court.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 212Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by certain minors.Rep. Patterson
• HB 217Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Leach
• HB 218Relating to extreme risk protective orders, including the creation, issuance, and enforcement of those orders; creating criminal offenses.Rep. Johnson
• HB 223Relating to the recorded testimony of a child and admissibility of certain hearsay statements of a child describing alleged abuse or family violence.Rep. Curry
• HB 227Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 235Relating to a study on the housing needs of youth transitioning out of foster care or the juvenile justice system.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 242Relating to the rights of persons relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.Rep. Holt
• HB 244Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.Rep. Howard
• HB 251Relating to Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for multisystemic therapy services.Rep. Johnson
• HB 254Relating to the admissibility of video recordings of oral statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.Rep. Leach
• HB 275Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was subjected to sexual grooming at a public school to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 281Relating to the regulation of residential treatment centers, including requirements related to public education for certain children who reside in residential treatment centers; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Leach
• HB 288Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.Rep. Flores
• HB 306Relating to the consideration of a history of family violence, child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.Rep. Curry
• HB 317Relating to the establishment of faith-based child-care facilities.Rep. Holt
• HB 318Relating to the defense of a school district by the attorney general in certain causes of action arising out of the expulsion of a student.Rep. Leach
• HB 331Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by governmental entities.Rep. Bucy
• HB 346Relating to the duty of a peace officer to physically separate a suspect and potential victim while conducting an interview during a family violence investigation or during a disturbance call that may involve family violence.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 385Relating to the duration of a child's detention following a detention hearing and a study on the effects of detention orders in a juvenile court proceeding.Rep. Gámez
• HB 388Relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain child-care facilities.Rep. Walle
• HB 392Relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities that occur at a domestic violence shelter.Rep. Flores
• HB 398Relating to the payment of support rights and benefits for a child placed with a relative or other designated caregiver.Rep. Guillen
• HB 399Relating to liability of a public school for a homicide causing the death of a student that occurs on the school campus.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 420Relating to establishing a family health aide program to enable parents, legal guardians, or family members of certain Medicaid recipients to provide home health services to those recipients in coordination with private duty nursing services; requiring an occupational license.Rep. Bucy
• HB 421Relating to information regarding available procedures for the testimony of a child younger than 13 years of age in certain criminal hearings or proceedings.Rep. Curry
• HB 424Relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law under agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Rep. Ordaz
• HB 426Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by certain public schools.Rep. Lalani
• HB 453Relating to notification and disclosure to county or district attorneys of records and information concerning reports of child abuse or neglect and investigations of certain reports of child abuse or neglect.Rep. Curry
• HB 455Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.Rep. Bucy
• HB 482Relating to a warning label on certain social media platforms concerning the association between a minor's social media usage and significant mental health issues.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 505Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of indecency with a child.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 511Relating to restricting who may be a party to a gestational agreement based on citizenship status or relation to a foreign terrorist organization.Rep. Patterson
• HB 518Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in meals offered for sale by public schools.Rep. Wilson
• HB 536Relating to emergency cardiovascular care at public schools and certain private schools in this state.Rep. Lalani
• HB 541Relating to requirements regarding certain behavior management for a student enrolled in a special education program of a public school.Rep. Bucy
• HB 543Relating to requiring social media platforms to remove child pornography from the platforms.Rep. Richardson
• HB 549Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.Rep. Bucy
• HB 554Relating to the provision of mental health resources to the parent of a student enrolled in a public school.Rep. Lalani
• HB 558Relating to signs posted by public institutions of higher education to facilitate the reporting of and to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.Rep. Lalani
• HB 559Relating to the provision of certain information regarding health policies of and the immunization of children attending and adults employed by a child-care facility.Rep. Lalani
• HB 569Relating to the inclusion of information regarding sexual assault victim and youth crisis support services on certain student identification cards issued by a public school.Rep. Richardson
• HB 584Relating to the creation of a specialty court for persons who are arrested for and charged with committing family violence and a victim services court for victims of family violence; imposing fees for participation in specialty court.Rep. Moody
• HB 594Relating to a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of medication for respiratory distress by public and private schools.Rep. Lalani
• HB 603Relating to the development and adoption by public schools of local policies to address eloping behavior by students with autism or other intellectual or developmental disabilities.Rep. Lalani
• HB 609Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child.Rep. Lalani
• HB 615Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender whose victim was younger than 18 years of age from going within 1,000 feet of the residence of the victim or the victim's family.Rep. Patterson
• HB 629Relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period.Rep. Craddick
• HB 645Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 658Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making a firearm accessible to a child; increasing a criminal penalty.Rep. Moody
• HB 660Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person.Rep. Moody
• HB 661Relating to the capacity of a minor to consent to certain treatment for the minor or the minor's child.Rep. Gámez
• HB 665Relating to the eligibility to participate in certain drug court programs.Rep. Moody
• HB 668Relating to the disclosure of confidential juvenile records to a managed assigned counsel program.Rep. Moody
• HB 673Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity.Rep. Moody
• HB 692Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.Rep. Gámez
• HB 697Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.Rep. Vasut
• HB 718Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of other individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 722Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of other individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 737Relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.Rep. Campos
• HB 768Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 784Relating to the availability of a child younger than 18 years of age to testify in the presence of the defendant in a criminal hearing or proceeding concerning certain offenses.Rep. Louderback
• HB 786Relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included in the required health curriculum for public school students.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 798Relating to approved court-ordered alcohol awareness programs.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 852Relating to the provision of forensic medical examinations to victims of alleged intimate partner violence or strangulation assault and to compensation for those examinations under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.Rep. Anchía
• HB 878Relating to the acquisition of single-family homes in this state by corporate owners for use as rental property, the attribution of ownership among persons under common control, and the registration of those owners; providing a civil penalty.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 882Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of foster parents in property tax appraisal records.Rep. Wharton
• HB 909Relating to cyber safety instruction for public school students.Rep. Lalani
• HB 916Relating to eligibility requirements for private schools to participate in the education savings account program.Rep. Dorazio
• HB 930Relating to the consideration of family violence and coercive control in determining conservatorship and possession of and access to a child.Rep. Mizani
• HB 931Relating to excused absences from public school for a student's attendance at the funeral, burial, or memorial service of an immediate family member.Rep. Mizani
• HB 938Relating to the authority of a court or the Title IV-D agency to order the suspension of an individual's driver's license or motor vehicle registration for failure to pay delinquent child support.Rep. Manuel
• HB 947Relating to a suit for dissolution of a marriage and associated suit affecting the parent-child relationship when a party is pregnant.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 962Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 976Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for continuous sexual abuse of a child who is younger than 14 years of age.Rep. Lowe
• HB 979Relating to the prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.Rep. Plesa
• HB 980Relating to the exchange of certain information between the Department of Family and Protective Services or certain foster care services contractors and a state or local juvenile justice agency.Rep. Bowers
• HB 986Relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases and certain other criminal cases.Rep. Bowers
• HB 1007Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or the employee's child is a victim of family violence or a violent felony offense.Rep. Salinas
• SB 47Relating to the taking of certain depositions and the dismissal of certain civil actions in connection with allegations of family violence and abusive conduct.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 48Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee or employee's dependent is a victim of family violence.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 52Relating to a prohibition on and the criminal prosecution of remotely controlling electronic devices of certain individuals and to the violation of certain conditions of bond set in an unlawful installation of tracking device case.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 88Relating to newborn or infant testing for congenital cytomegalovirus.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 89Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 94Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 116Relating to a prohibition on the application of glyphosate or neonicotinoid pesticides at public school buildings and other school district facilities.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 118Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child.Sen. Menéndez, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez
• SB 119Relating to an extension of the expiration date of the family violence pretrial diversion pilot program in Bexar County.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 124Relating to standards adopted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the use of electronic devices and software applications by public schools.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 127Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 151Relating to training requirements for and prohibited discrimination by child-care facilities and registered family homes.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 178Relating to the criminal offense of conducting a marriage ceremony for a void marriage.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 180Relating to marriages that are void on the ground of consanguinity of the parties.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 186Relating to notification and disclosure to county or district attorneys of records and information concerning reports of child abuse or neglect and investigations of certain reports of child abuse or neglect.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 197Relating to establishing an ombudsman program for foster parents and relative and other designated caregivers.Sen. West
• SB 198Relating to implementing an express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.Sen. West
• SB 200Relating to requiring the expedited review of certain applications from relative or other designated caregivers to operate a verified agency foster home.Sen. West
• SB 205Relating to the payment of permanency care assistance after a child's 18th birthday.Sen. West
• SB 214Relating to the issuance of a certified birth record of a child who receives public assistance program benefits for public school enrollment purposes.Sen. West
• SB 217Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for victims of trafficking offenses who are or were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.Sen. West
• SB 225Relating to an annual report on foster and former foster youth's receipt of certain public benefits and services.Sen. West
• SB 234Relating to the prohibition on the possession of a firearm by a person following the person's conviction of certain family violence misdemeanors.Sen. Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Menéndez, Rehmet
• SB 244Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.Sen. Paxton
• SB 247Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding best practices for assisting students formerly in foster care who are enrolled at public institutions of higher education.Sen. Paxton
• SB 248Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.Sen. Paxton
• SB 265Relating to two-way radio requirements for youth camp operators who prohibit youth camp counselors from possessing personal communication devices.Sen. Perry
• SB 267Relating to a separate license requirement for each youth camp.Sen. Perry
• SB 290Relating to the establishment of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and advisory council.Sen. Perry
• HJR 25Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.Rep. Johnson
• SJR 10Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting children by allowing for retroactive laws regarding civil causes of action arising out of child sexual abuse.Sen. Paxton
• HCR 7Affirming that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children.Rep. Isaac