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SB1923 • 2025

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

Children
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
West
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  6. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  8. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  9. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  13. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  14. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3843

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  17. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended

  18. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  19. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  20. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  21. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3704

  22. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  24. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  25. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  26. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  27. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  28. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  29. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  31. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  32. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  33. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  34. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  35. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  36. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  37. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker

  38. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  39. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  40. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  41. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  42. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 West

  43. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  44. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  46. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  48. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  49. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  50. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  51. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  52. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  53. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  54. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Removed from local & uncontested calendar

  55. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  56. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  57. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  58. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  59. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  60. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  61. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  62. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  63. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  64. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  65. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  66. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  67. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Jurisprudence

  68. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  69. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1923 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 1923

AN ACT

relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the

support of a child.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 156.409, Family Code, is amended by

amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (b) and adding Subsection (c)

to read as follows:

(a) The court shall, on the motion of a party or a person

having physical possession of the child, modify an order providing

for the support of the child to provide that the person having

physical possession of the child for at least six months shall have

the right to receive and give receipt for payments of support for

the child and to hold or disburse money for the benefit of the child

if the sole managing conservator of the child or the joint managing

conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the primary

residence of the child has:

(1) voluntarily relinquished
to the person having

physical possession of the child
the primary care and possession of

the child
for at least six months
;

(2) been incarcerated or sentenced to be incarcerated

for at least 90 days; [
or
]

(3) relinquished the primary care and possession of

the child in a proceeding under Title 3 or Chapter 262
; or

(4)

entered into an authorization agreement under

Chapter 34 with the person having physical possession of the child
.

(a-1) If the court modifies a support order under this

section, the court shall order the obligor to pay the person or

entity having physical possession of the child any unpaid child

support that is not subject to offset or reimbursement under

Section 157.008 and that accrues after the date the sole or joint

managing conservator:

(1) relinquishes possession and control of the child,

whether voluntarily or in a proceeding under Title 3 or Chapter 262;

[
or
]

(2) is incarcerated
; or

(3)

enters into an authorization agreement under

Chapter 34 with the person having physical possession of the child
.

(b)
If a respondent has been ordered under Chapter 105 to

provide the court and the state case registry with the respondent's

current mailing address or e-mail address, notice
[
Notice
] of a

motion for modification
or hearing on a motion for modification

under this section may be served
:

(1)
in the manner for serving a notice under Section

157.065
; or

(2)

by e-mail through the electronic filing system

established under Section 72.031, Government Code.

(c)

A notice or document associated with a motion for

modification under this section not otherwise described by

Subsection (b) may be delivered in the manner described by

Subdivision (2) of that subsection
.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a motion for modification of an order providing for the support

of a child filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A

motion for modification of an order providing for the support of a

child filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the

law in effect on the date the motion was filed, and the former law is

continued for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1923 passed the Senate on

April 22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1923 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 111,

Nays 25, three present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor