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HB3597 • 2025

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Hickland
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 public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

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

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  8. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  9. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  10. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  11. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  12. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  14. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  15. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  17. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  23. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Health & Human Services

  27. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  28. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1416

  30. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  33. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  34. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  35. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1386

  36. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  41. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  42. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  44. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  45. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  48. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  49. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  51. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  52. 2025-03-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3597 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 3597

AN ACT

relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for

or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

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

SECTION 1. Section 42.0461(a), Human Resources Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Before the
commission
[
department
] may issue a license

or certificate for the operation or the expansion of the capacity of

a general residential operation, a cottage home operation, or a

continuum-of-care residential operation that is located in a county

with a population of less than
500,000
[
300,000
], the applicant for

the license, certificate, or expansion shall, at the applicant's

expense:

(1) conduct a public hearing on the application in

accordance with
commission
[
department
] rules after notifying the

commission
[
department
] of the date, time, and location of the

hearing; and

(2) publish notice of the application in a newspaper

of general circulation in the community in which the child-care

services are proposed to be provided.

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

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3597 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3597 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor