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HB4127 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Davis, Aicha
Last action
2025-04-29
Official status
04/29/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

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. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 599

  3. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  4. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  5. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Withdrawn from calendar (contested)

  6. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.

  7. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  8. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  9. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  10. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  11. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  12. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  13. 2025-04-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  14. 2025-04-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  16. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  17. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  18. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  19. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  22. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Human Services

  25. 2025-03-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4127 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R18448 SCL-F

By: A. Davis of Dallas

H.B. No. 4127

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4127:

By: Hull

C.S.H.B. No. 4127

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a

licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended

by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows:

Sec.

250.014.

GROUP DAY-CARE HOME AND FAMILY HOME

REGULATORY CERTAINTY.

A political subdivision may not adopt or

enforce an ordinance, order, or other measure that requires a group

day-care home or family home licensed, registered, or listed under

Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, to comply with health and safety

standards that exceed the standards established by statute or

Health and Human Services Commission rule.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.