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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 781"
+citation: "Texas SB 781 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "RUNAWAY CHILDREN (S0177)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Leman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cae4282-e71f-44f2-aaaf-6f335d911566"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 781.xml"
+source_hash: "af88a78298ed269b8c62403a031ead35f6f40593d99c97090c1c3a028b87822e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 781 (86) — Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00781I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **123–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Leman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-16** Record vote
+- **2019-04-16** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment tabled
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-02** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cae4282-e71f-44f2-aaaf-6f335d911566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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