Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas SB1404: Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
From the enrolled text, May 25, 2025:
AN ACT relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 105.006, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (i) and amending Subsection (f) to read as follows: [ADDED: (c-1)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), if a court ] [ADDED: renders an order under Subsection (c) prohibiting the disclosure of ] [ADDED: a party's information, the court shall require that the party ] [ADDED: provide to the court, for inclusion in the final order, an e-mail ] [ADDED: address at which the party may receive:] [ADDED: (1)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: notice and service of process of subsequent ] [ADDED: motions, petitions, or other legal pleadings using the electronic ] [ ] [ADDED: and] [ADDED: (2) other legal documents or required notices.] [ADDED: (c-2)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: If the court finds that requiring a party to provide ] [ADDED: an e-mail address under Subsection (c-1) is likely to endanger the ] [ADDED: safety of the party, the court may not require the party to provide ] [ADDED: the e-mail address under that subsection.] (f) Except for an action in which contempt is sought, in any subsequent child support[ADDED: modification or]enforcement action, the court may, on a …
Sponsors
- Royce West (D, SD-023) · primary sponsor
- Harold Dutton (D, HD-142)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the House
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Reported enrolled
- : House passage reported
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#3327)
- : Passed
Votes
- Jurisprudence Committee Vote (Out of committee): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee Vote (Out of committee): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4095 (May 23, 2025): 103 yea, 28 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3327 (May 23, 2025): 131 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3893 (May 22, 2025): 134 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#3247 (May 22, 2025): 138 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Family--Child Support, Courts--General, EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, ATTORNEY'S FEES, Protection of Personal Information, Electronic Information Systems, Family--Parent & Child
Common questions
- What is SB1404?
- SB1404 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
- What does SB1404 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to requirements for certain orders and judgments rendered in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
- What is the status of SB1404?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1404?
- Royce West (D, SD-023), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB1404?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB01404
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