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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 215: Relating to the payment of support rights and other benefits for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 215 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the payment of support rights and other benefits for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. Primary sponsor: Ryan Guillen (Republican), Steve Toth (Republican), Rodríguez Ramos, Christina Morales (Democratic), Janie Lopez (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 23, 2025): Referred to Health & Human Services.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Steve TothPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Rodríguez RamosPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Christina MoralesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse145
Janie LopezPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse37
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ray LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse125
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Health & Human Services
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Record vote
  10. Passed to engrossment as amended
  11. Record vote
  12. Amended

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source