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SB462 • 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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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Kolkhorst
Last action
2025-05-28
Official status
05/28/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-05-28

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.

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. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  8. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2605

  9. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  11. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out in lieu of companion. HB 3807

  13. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  14. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2574

  16. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  19. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  20. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  21. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  23. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker

  25. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  26. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  27. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  29. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  31. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  33. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  34. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  37. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  38. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  40. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  41. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  42. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  44. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  45. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  46. 2025-02-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  47. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  48. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Economic Development

  49. 2024-11-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  50. 2024-11-22 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) SB 462 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 462

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.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the House on

May 15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 18, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor