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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to developing a strategic plan to support the child-care workforce."
+description: "Relating to developing a strategic plan to support the child-care workforce."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 619"
+citation: "Texas HB 619 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Button", "Guillen", "Lopez", "Talarico", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-11-20"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7124ff7a-0d4c-4e1d-b5bf-841962539d05"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 619.xml"
+source_hash: "dddd39403e222835f7d7c2150054ea62a831965dde2dcabec5b2b51bb8850db7"
+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 HB 619 (87) — Relating to developing a strategic plan to support the child-care workforce.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00619I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00619E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00619H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00619S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00619F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **95–47** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **95–47** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Lopez — primary (person)
+- Talarico — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7124ff7a-0d4c-4e1d-b5bf-841962539d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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