HB 1916 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.

HB 1916 clarifies that the court issuing a final divorce decree retains exclusive authority to divide property not previously divided in that decree. It directly affects Texas divorcing couples whose property division was incomplete at the time of their divorce. The bill amends the Texas Family Code to require that any subsequent suit to divide such undivided property must be handled by the original divorce court, not a new court. This eliminates uncertainty about which court has jurisdiction for these cases. The law applies to all pending or future cases filed on or after its effective date of September 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Engrossed Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 20, 2025
MODERATE
The bill text was converted from a draft legislative format to the official enrolled version, adding signatures and certification of passage by the House and Senate. The substantive legal content regarding court jurisdiction for dividing property after divorce remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Added official enrolled version header and bill number formatting.

Added certification statements confirming House passage on May 8, 2025 and Senate passage on May 25, 2025.

Added signature lines for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of the Senate, and Governor.

Removed draft formatting markers and sponsor names from the header.

Floor votes · House May 8, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
48
Key actions
16
Committee
11
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage reported
lower
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 9, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors