Bill Commons

TX HB 2789

enacted

Relating to the regulation of child welfare, including licensure, community-based care contractors, family homes, and child-care facilities.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Introduced
2025-03-19
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Frankprimary
  • Hullprimary
  • Manuelprimary
  • Nobleprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-19

    Referred to Human Services

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-04-01

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-04-01

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-08

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-22

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-04-29

    Received from the House

    introduction

  23. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-13

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken in committee

  28. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-19

    Co-sponsor authorized

  34. 2025-05-19

    Placed on intent calendar

  35. 2025-05-19

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  36. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-19

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-19

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-19

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-20

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  44. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  45. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  46. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  47. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  48. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  49. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 138-8

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Oliverso: absent
  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 141-6

    Member-level votes (155)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • González: no
    • J: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales: no
    • C: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Simmons: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2789 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-19 · pass · 31-0

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