TX HB140

Abolishes the Family and Protective Services Council effective September 1, 2026, removing it from the Department of Family and Protective Services organizational structure and transferring its functions to the executive commissioner

Creates a new Child Protective Investigations Advisory Committee to improve accuracy and standardization of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation investigation practices and ensure compliance with due process requirements

Advisory committee membership includes appointees from the governor (chair), lieutenant governor (vice chair), speaker of the house, DFPS commissioner, district judges, attorneys, law enforcement, parents who have experienced CPS investigations, and former foster youth

Requires the advisory committee to review random samples of closed child protective investigations, meet quarterly, and submit annual reports by September 30 with statistics on investigations, removals, dispositions, staffing, and recommendations for improvement

Advisory committee sunsets on September 1, 2029; department employees serve as nonvoting members, and confidential case information shared with the committee is protected from public disclosure