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HB3807 • 2025

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Harris Davila | Ordaz | Button | Morales Shaw
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

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  • 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. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 462

  2. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  3. 2025-05-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  4. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  5. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  6. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  7. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  8. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  9. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  11. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  12. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  13. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  14. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in s/c

  15. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  16. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  17. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  18. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker

  19. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 3807 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R14924 MM-D

By: Harris Davila, et al.

H.B. No. 3807

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3807:

By: Button

C.S.H.B. No. 3807

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list

priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is

amended by adding Section 302.0064 to read as follows:

Sec.

302.0064.

CHILD-CARE SERVICES WAITING LIST PRIORITY

FOR CHILD-CARE WORKERS. (a) For purposes of this section,

"child-care worker" means an individual employed by and working in

a child-care facility licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources

Code, for a minimum of 25 hours per week.

The term does not include

the owner or director of a child-care facility unless the owner's or

director's child is served in a program other than a program

directly supervised by the owner or director.

(b)

The commission shall require that any waiting list for

child-care services must establish a priority position for the

delivery of those services to children of child-care workers who

are eligible for the services.

(c)

A child-care worker whose child receives a priority

position on a waitlist as provided by Subsection (b) is subject to

redetermination of the individual's eligibility for services in

accordance with commission rule each year.

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