---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties."
description: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Texas SB 568 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Collier", "Huffman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 75
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94035588-8d70-47f5-803d-bd2f626b36e8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 568.xml"
source_hash: "07b3c2eb972498d31d24850bfd3ae62dea95e5830709fd2b91c26036a1d3f27f"
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 568 (86) — Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities and family homes; providing administrative penalties.

## 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/SB00568I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **131–10** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **135–12** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-05** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-01** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Record vote
- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/94035588-8d70-47f5-803d-bd2f626b36e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).