---
title: PATERNITY - Texas Legislation
subject: PATERNITY
total_bills: 2
unique_authors: 1
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 0
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/paternity"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# PATERNITY

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 2
- **Unique Authors:** 1
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 2 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Denise Villalobos** (R, House) - 2 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Family--Child Protection](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-child-protection) (2 shared bills)
- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (2 shared bills)
- [DNA](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/dna) (2 shared bills)
- [FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family-protective-services-department-of) (2 shared bills)
- [FOSTER CARE](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/foster-care) (1 shared bills)
- [Protection of Personal Information](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/protection-of-personal-information) (1 shared bills)
- [Health--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-general) (1 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Department of Family and Protective Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-family-and-protective-services) - 2 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB4377](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4377-89th-regular) | Relating to the retention of certain genet... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB4377](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4377-89th-regular) | Relating to the retention of certain ... | Denise Villalobos (R) | Critical |
| [HB5149](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5149-89th-regular) | Relating to restricting the collectio... | Denise Villalobos (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

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

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