---
title: CHILD ABUSE - Texas Legislation
subject: CHILD ABUSE
total_bills: 9
unique_authors: 8
critical_bills: 5
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/child-abuse"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# CHILD ABUSE

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 9
- **Unique Authors:** 8
- **Critical Compliance:** 5 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 6

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 6 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 5 bills
- **Moderate:** 1 bills
- **Low:** 3 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Lacey Hull** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Candy Noble** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Matthew Shaheen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Mitch Little** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Peter Flores** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Bob Hall** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Senfronia Thompson** (D, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Minors](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/minors) (7 shared bills)
- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (6 shared bills)
- [Minors--Health & Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/minors-health-safety) (5 shared bills)
- [Criminal Procedure](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure) (4 shared bills)
- [Family--Child Protection](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-child-protection) (4 shared bills)
- [Minors--Crimes Against](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/minors-crimes-against) (4 shared bills)
- [Criminal Procedure--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-procedure-general) (3 shared bills)
- [Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes-against-persons-sexual) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Local Law Enforcement Agencies](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/local-law-enforcement-agencies) - 3 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Public Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-public-safety) - 1 bills
- [State Board for Educator Certification](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-for-educator-certification) - 1 bills
- [State Office of Administrative Hearings](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-office-of-administrative-hearings) - 1 bills
- [Texas Family Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-family-courts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB4623](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4623-89th-regular) | Relating to liability of public schools an... | Critical | High |
| [HB1778](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1778-89th-regular) | Relating to human trafficking, prostitutio... | Critical | Low |
| [HB3783](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3783-89th-regular) | Relating to court-ordered counseling in ce... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB20](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb20-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the criminal o... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB571](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb571-89th-regular) | Relating to the reporting and investigatio... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1106](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1106-89th-regular) | Relating to the definitions of child ... | Matthew Shaheen (R) | Low |
| [HB140](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb140-89th-regular) | Relating to advisory bodies for the D... | Candy Noble (R) | Low |
| [HB1778](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1778-89th-regular) | Relating to human trafficking, prosti... | Senfronia Thompson (D) | Critical |
| [HB2073](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2073-89th-regular) | Relating to increasing the criminal p... | Lacey Hull (R) | Low |
| [HB3783](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3783-89th-regular) | Relating to court-ordered counseling ... | Lacey Hull (R) | Critical |
| [HB4623](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4623-89th-regular) | Relating to liability of public schoo... | Mitch Little (R) | Critical |
| [SB127](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb127-89th-regular) | Relating to the offense of failure to... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB20](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb20-89th-regular) | Relating to the creation of the crimi... | Peter Flores (R) | Critical |
| [SB571](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb571-89th-regular) | Relating to the reporting and investi... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/child-abuse)
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