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1	1	89R2304 PRL-F
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 2495
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to certain rights of the sole managing conservator of a
10	10	child in relation to the child's enrollment in school.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 153.132, Family Code, is amended to read
13	13	as follows:
14	14	Sec. 153.132. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENT APPOINTED SOLE
15	15	MANAGING CONSERVATOR. Unless limited by court order, a parent
16	16	appointed as sole managing conservator of a child has the rights and
17	17	duties provided by Subchapter B and the following exclusive rights:
18	18	(1) the right to designate the primary residence of
19	19	the child;
20	20	(2) the right to consent to medical, dental, and
21	21	surgical treatment involving invasive procedures;
22	22	(3) the right to consent to psychiatric and
23	23	psychological treatment;
24	24	(4) the right to receive and give receipt for periodic
25	25	payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse these
26	26	funds for the benefit of the child;
27	27	(5) the right to represent the child in legal action
28	28	and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance
29	29	concerning the child;
30	30	(6) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment
31	31	in the armed forces of the United States;
32	32	(7) the right to make decisions concerning the child's
33	33	education;
34	34	(8) the right to designate the school the child will
35	35	attend and to enroll the child in the school, subject to any
36	36	eligibility or admissions requirements;
37	37	(9) the right to the services and earnings of the
38	38	child;
39	39	(10) [(9)] except when a guardian of the child's
40	40	estate or a guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the
41	41	child, the right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the
42	42	child's estate if the child's action is required by a state, the
43	43	United States, or a foreign government; and
44	44	(11) [(10)] the right to:
45	45	(A) apply for a passport for the child;
46	46	(B) renew the child's passport; and
47	47	(C) maintain possession of the child's passport.
48	48	SECTION 2. Section 153.371, Family Code, is amended to read
49	49	as follows:
50	50	Sec. 153.371. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT APPOINTED AS
51	51	SOLE MANAGING CONSERVATOR. Unless limited by court order or other
52	52	provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing
53	53	agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services
54	54	appointed as a managing conservator of the child has the following
55	55	rights and duties:
56	56	(1) the right to have physical possession and to
57	57	direct the moral and religious training of the child;
58	58	(2) the duty of care, control, protection, and
59	59	reasonable discipline of the child;
60	60	(3) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food,
61	61	shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care;
62	62	(4) the right to consent for the child to medical,
63	63	psychiatric, psychological, dental, and surgical treatment and to
64	64	have access to the child's medical records;
65	65	(5) the right to receive and give receipt for payments
66	66	for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the
67	67	benefit of the child;
68	68	(6) the right to the services and earnings of the
69	69	child;
70	70	(7) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment
71	71	in the armed forces of the United States;
72	72	(8) the right to represent the child in legal action
73	73	and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance
74	74	concerning the child;
75	75	(9) except when a guardian of the child's estate or a
76	76	guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the child, the
77	77	right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the child's
78	78	estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United
79	79	States, or a foreign government;
80	80	(10) the right to designate the primary residence of
81	81	the child and to make decisions regarding the child's education;
82	82	(11) the right to designate the school the child will
83	83	attend and to enroll the child in the school, subject to any
84	84	eligibility or admissions requirements;
85	85	(12) if the parent-child relationship has been
86	86	terminated with respect to the parents, or only living parent, or if
87	87	there is no living parent, the right to consent to the adoption of
88	88	the child and to make any other decision concerning the child that a
89	89	parent could make; and
90	90	(13) [(12)] the right to:
91	91	(A) apply for a passport for the child;
92	92	(B) renew the child's passport; and
93	93	(C) maintain possession of the child's passport.
94	94	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
95	95	153.132 and 153.371, Family Code, apply only to a suit affecting the
96	96	parent-child relationship that is pending in a trial court on or
97	97	filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
98	98	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.