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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 437: Relating to the placement of children in a detention or correctional facility according to biological sex.

In committee 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 437 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the placement of children in a detention or correctional facility according to biological sex. Primary sponsor: Valoree Swanson (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 10, 2025): Committee report sent to Calendars.

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): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Valoree SwansonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11

“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. Committee report sent to Calendars
  2. Committee report distributed
  3. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  4. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Recalled from subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
  8. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  9. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  10. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  11. Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker
  12. Read first time

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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