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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
+description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 725"
+citation: "Texas HB 725 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "JACE'S LAW (PW7CT)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Cook", "Dominguez", "González, Mary", "Patterson", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3ed391c-73de-4d41-8809-4333c753d06f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 725.xml"
+source_hash: "e6c773cb9b0094ba21cc50e51b4d8ddc4c30f7aa10ac1dd2c948cef78344c7b2"
+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 725 (87) — Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
+
+## 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/HB00725I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allison — primary (person)
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Dominguez — primary (person)
+- González, Mary — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Record vote
+- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-08** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3ed391c-73de-4d41-8809-4333c753d06f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+