---
title: PARENTAL RIGHTS - Texas Legislation
subject: PARENTAL RIGHTS
total_bills: 6
unique_authors: 5
critical_bills: 3
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/parental-rights"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PARENTAL RIGHTS

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 6
- **Unique Authors:** 5
- **Critical Compliance:** 3 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 2

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 5 bills
- **Senate:** 1 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 3 bills
- **Moderate:** 2 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Angela Paxton** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Harold Dutton** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (4 shared bills)
- [Family--Parent & Child](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-parent-child) (4 shared bills)
- [Education--Primary & Secondary](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary) (4 shared bills)
- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (4 shared bills)
- [Education--School Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-school-districts) (3 shared bills)
- [EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-agency-texas) (3 shared bills)
- [Electronic Information Systems](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/electronic-information-systems) (3 shared bills)
- [EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-state-board-of) (2 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 4 bills
- [State Board of Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-of-education) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Insurance](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-insurance) - 1 bills
- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills
- [Texas State Library and Archives Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-state-library-and-archives-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record requi... | Critical | High |
| [SB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb12-89th-regular) | Relating to parental rights in public educ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB13](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb13-89th-regular) | Relating to a school district's library ma... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB2495](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2495-89th-regular) | Relating to certain rights of a child... | Harold Dutton (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1188](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1188-89th-regular) | Relating to electronic health record ... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb12-89th-regular) | Relating to parental rights in public... | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB13](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb13-89th-regular) | Relating to a school district's libra... | Angela Paxton (R) | Critical |
| [SB204](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb204-89th-regular) | Relating to a handbook on parental ri... | Angela Paxton (R) | Moderate |
| [SJR34](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sjr34-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment ... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Low |

## Source Links

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

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