---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of child care."
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of child care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 680"
citation: "Texas HB 680 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deshotel", "Lopez", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 71
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a0ca884-e6d8-44fa-96fe-e04929d147d5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 680.xml"
source_hash: "149c7c8ceae1e0abc29e0adb2de9c2164040aded93a0c1d2bf2588927cb71db5"
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 680 (86) — Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of child care.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/HB00680I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **91–49** (pass) · lower
- other — **91–49** (fail) · upper
- passage — **85–55** (pass) · lower
- passage — **84–61** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deshotel — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-02** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Point of order overruled (amendment)
- **2019-04-23** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Record vote
- **2019-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/1a0ca884-e6d8-44fa-96fe-e04929d147d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).