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HB2294 • 2025

Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Thompson | Bell, Keith
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  7. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  12. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  16. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  17. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  19. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  20. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  22. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  25. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  26. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Rereferred to committee

  27. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  28. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  29. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Economic Development

  30. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  31. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  32. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  33. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1991

  34. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  37. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  38. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  42. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  43. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  44. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  45. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  48. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  49. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

  51. 2025-01-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2294 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2294

AN ACT

relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers

participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e)

Each board may reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program

provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of

reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating

level regardless of the provider's published rate only if paying

the higher reimbursement rate does not reduce the commission's

target performance measure for the average number of children

served each day for children receiving subsidized child care in the

workforce development area served by the board.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the House on May

10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 26, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the Senate on May

26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor