Monitoring the Session

HB 3555

bill creating a donation registry for foster children

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. R.D. "Bobby" GuerraDHouse 41

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 establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Online, run by the department or an outside company.

The bill orders the Department of Family and Protective Services to set up an online registry where people can donate requested personal items for foster children, either running it itself or hiring an outside company to run it. Children entering state care or moving to a new placement get those donated items, and the items belong to the child, so neither the department nor a foster parent can take them back. The department must send the legislature a yearly report on its inventory and how many children got items, and the bill takes effect September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 28, 2025 and referred to the House Human Services committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3555 · 2025-02-28

SOLD BY

Rep. R.D. "Bobby" GuerraDHouse 41 Rep. Josey GarciaDHouse 124

ITEM

relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal items to children in the department's conservatorship.

WHAT IT DOES

Online, run by the department or an outside company.

The bill orders the Department of Family and Protective Services to set up an online registry where people can donate requested personal items for foster children, either running it itself or hiring an outside company to run it. Children entering state care or moving to a new placement get those donated items, and the items belong to the child, so neither the department nor a foster parent can take them back. The department must send the legislature a yearly report on its inventory and how many children got items, and the bill takes effect September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Human Services
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

R.D. "Bobby" Guerra

Donors

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas$3KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$2KExxon Mobile PAC$1K

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 28, 2024 to Oct 11, 2025. 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.

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas$2,500.00

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

$2,500.00

Cash
$2,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$2,500.00

Also funds 53 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 15, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 15, 2024. 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: 100985170.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$1,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash
$1,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 12, 2024. 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: 100985170.

Exxon Mobile PAC$1,000.00

Exxon Mobile PAC

$1,000.00

Cash
$1,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 31, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985170.

Money

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

×

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

$2,500.00

Cash
$2,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$2,500.00

Also funds 53 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Aug 15, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 15, 2024. 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: 100985170.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$1,500.00

Cash
$1,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 12, 2024. 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: 100985170.

×

Exxon Mobile PAC

$1,000.00

Cash
$1,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 31, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 31, 2024. 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: 100985170.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 28, 2025

03/25/2025 H Referred to Human Services: Mar 25 2025 3:26PM

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 · Human Services · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Electronic Information Systems

Family--Child Protection

GIFTS & DONATIONS

FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 272 words

89R13603 MM-D

By: Guerra
H.B. No. 3555

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a donation registry by the

Department of Family and Protective Services for providing personal

items to children in the department's conservatorship.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is

amended by adding Section 264.1079 to read as follows:

Sec. 264.1079. PERSONAL BELONGINGS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

DONATION REGISTRY. (a) The department shall establish and

maintain or contract with a third party to establish and maintain an

online registry of requested personal items for children who enter

the department's conservatorship or change placement while in the

department's conservatorship. The department shall develop

procedures for the storage and distribution of personal items

donated based on the registry.

(b) The department shall provide personal items donated

based on the registry to a child who is being removed from the

child's home or changing placement. Personal items provided to a

child under this subsection belong to the child and may not be

reclaimed by the department or retained by the child's foster

parent.

(c) The department shall submit an annual report to the

legislature that includes a summary of:

(1) the department's supply inventory and inventory

management practices for personal items donated based on the

registry; and

(2) the number of children in the department's

conservatorship provided personal items in accordance with this

section.

(d) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and

donations of any kind and from any source for purposes of this

section.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.