Monitoring the SessionSB 205
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to the payment of permanency care assistance after a child's 18th birthday.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Payments last until high school ends. New agreements only, from 2027.
This bill requires permanency care assistance agreements to keep paying until the later of the end of the month the child turns 18 or the end of the month the child finishes high school or an equivalency program, if the child is still enrolled. It touches relatives and guardians who take permanent custody of children leaving foster care and receive these state payments, along with the children in their care. Going forward, new agreements signed on or after September 1, 2027 will continue payments for students still finishing high school past age 18, while older agreements stay under the old rules.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 637 by Rep. Bailes (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB205 · 2026-11-09
relating to the payment of permanency care assistance after a child's 18th birthday.
Payments last until high school ends. New agreements only, from 2027.
This bill requires permanency care assistance agreements to keep paying until the later of the end of the month the child turns 18 or the end of the month the child finishes high school or an equivalency program, if the child is still enrolled. It touches relatives and guardians who take permanent custody of children leaving foster care and receive these state payments, along with the children in their care. Going forward, new agreements signed on or after September 1, 2027 will continue payments for students still finishing high school past age 18, while older agreements stay under the old rules.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 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.
Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$36,332.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 1, 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: 100987569, 101009506, 101058878, 101063137.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Oct 10, 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.
Report IDs: 100987569, 101063137.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Bailes, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, May 2, 2023: Referred to Health & Human Services
Relating to the payment of permanency care assistance after a child's 18th birthday.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Family--Child Protection
Family--Parent & Child
The text as introduced · 248 words
90R2465 AMF-D By: West S.B. No. 205 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the payment of permanency care assistance after a child's 18th birthday. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.852, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) A permanency care assistance agreement shall provide for permanency care assistance payments until the later of: (1) the last day of the month of the child's 18th birthday; or (2) if the child is regularly attending high school or enrolled in a program leading toward a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate, the last day of the month in which the child graduates from high school or completes a program leading toward a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate. SECTION 2. The heading to Section 264.855, Family Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 264.855. CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE BENEFITS UNTIL [ AFTER ] AGE 21 [ 18 ]. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a permanency care assistance agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A permanency care assistance agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.