Monitoring the Session

HB 2716

bill ending two-year lookback in custody cases

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Pat CurryRHouse 56

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the consideration of a history of family violence, child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Family violence history counts no matter how old.

The bill removes the two-year lookback limit on the family violence, sexual abuse and protective order history a Texas family court weighs in custody and visitation cases. It touches parents and other parties in suits affecting the parent-child relationship, and the children in those cases. Courts must now consider abuse, family violence and protective orders from any time before the suit was filed, not just the last two years, and this applies to pending and new cases starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence subcommittee on Family & Fiduciary Relationships on Mar 31, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2716 · 2025-02-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Pat CurryRHouse 56

ITEM

relating to the consideration of a history of family violence, child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

WHAT IT DOES

Family violence history counts no matter how old.

The bill removes the two-year lookback limit on the family violence, sexual abuse and protective order history a Texas family court weighs in custody and visitation cases. It touches parents and other parties in suits affecting the parent-child relationship, and the children in those cases. Courts must now consider abuse, family violence and protective orders from any time before the suit was filed, not just the last two years, and this applies to pending and new cases starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 27, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Pat Curry

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$192KDavid Jessup$68,092Texas Sands PAC$37K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$192,192.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$192,192.00

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$127,192.00
Total
$192,192.00
advertising $108,442.00polling $18,750.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010834, 101033425, 101040992, 101069649.

David Jessup$68,091.82
Texas Sands PAC$37,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$37,000.00

Cash
$37,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012342, 101040992, 101072660.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$192,192.00

Cash
$65,000.00
Paid by others
$127,192.00
Total
$192,192.00
advertising $108,442.00polling $18,750.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Sep 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010834, 101033425, 101040992, 101069649.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$37,000.00

Cash
$37,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$37,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012342, 101040992, 101072660.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 27, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Feb 12, 2025

03/31/2025 H Left pending in subcommittee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Family--Child Protection

Family--Family Violence

Family--Parent & Child

CHILD ABUSE

SEXUAL ABUSE

Text

The text as introduced · 365 words

89R12673 AMF-D

By: Curry
H.B. No. 2716

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the consideration of a history of family violence,

child neglect or abuse, or sexual offenses in suits affecting the

parent-child relationship.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 153.004(a), (d), and (f), Family Code,

are amended to read as follows:

(a) In determining whether to appoint a party as a sole or

joint managing conservator, the court shall consider evidence of

the intentional use of abusive physical force, or evidence of

sexual abuse, by a party directed against the party's spouse, a

parent of the child, or any person younger than 18 years of age

committed before [ within a two-year period preceding ] the filing of

the suit or during the pendency of the suit.

(d) The court may not allow a parent to have access to a

child for whom it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that:

(1) there is a history or pattern of committing family

violence before [ during the two years preceding ] the date of the

filing of the suit or during the pendency of the suit; or

(2) the parent engaged in conduct that constitutes an

offense under Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code,

and that as a direct result of the conduct, the victim of the

conduct became pregnant with the parent's child.

(f) In determining under this section whether there is

credible evidence of a history or pattern of past or present child

neglect or abuse or family violence by a parent or other person, as

applicable, the court shall consider whether a protective order was

rendered under Chapter 85 [ , Title 4, ] against the parent or other

person before [ during the two-year period preceding ] the filing of

the suit or during the pendency of the suit.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending in a trial

court on the effective date of this Act or filed on or after that

date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.