---
title: FOSTER CARE - Texas Legislation
subject: FOSTER CARE
total_bills: 10
unique_authors: 9
critical_bills: 3
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/foster-care"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# FOSTER CARE

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 10
- **Unique Authors:** 9
- **Critical Compliance:** 3 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 7

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 6 bills
- **Senate:** 4 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 3 bills
- **Moderate:** 6 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Kevin Sparks** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Denise Villalobos** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Harold Dutton** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **James Frank** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Lacey Hull** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Phil King** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Cody Harris** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (9 shared bills)
- [FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-protective-services-department-of) (8 shared bills)
- [Family--Child Protection](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-child-protection) (7 shared bills)
- [Family--Parent & Child](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-parent-child) (5 shared bills)
- [Human Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/human-services) (4 shared bills)
- [ADOPTION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/adoption) (4 shared bills)
- [Human Services--Child Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/human-services-child-services) (3 shared bills)
- [CONTRACTORS & SUBCONTRACTORS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/contractors-subcontractors) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 8 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 4 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 2 bills
- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 1 bills
- [Texas Family Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-family-courts) - 1 bills
- [State Board of Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-of-education) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB1398](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1398-89th-regular) | Relating to certain procedures in a suit a... | Critical | High |
| [HB1403](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1403-89th-regular) | Relating to the collection and confidentia... | Critical | Low |
| [HB5394](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5394-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting single source cont... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB1403](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1403-89th-regular) | Relating to the collection and confid... | Cody Harris (R) | Critical |
| [HB2350](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2350-89th-regular) | Relating to standing in a suit affect... | Harold Dutton (D) | Moderate |
| [HB2789](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2789-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of child w... | James Frank (R) | Moderate |
| [HB4655](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4655-89th-regular) | Relating to the Preparation for Adult... | Lacey Hull (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5149](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5149-89th-regular) | Relating to restricting the collectio... | Denise Villalobos (R) | Moderate |
| [HB5394](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5394-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting single source... | Toni Rose (D) | Critical |
| [SB1207](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1207-89th-regular) | Relating to instruction on adoption i... | Phil King (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1398](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1398-89th-regular) | Relating to certain procedures in a s... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB513](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb513-89th-regular) | Relating to a rural community-based c... | Kevin Sparks (R) | - |
| [SB855](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb855-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of certain ... | Kevin Sparks (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/foster-care)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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