---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to collection and use of child safety data for licensed day-care centers."
description: "Relating to collection and use of child safety data for licensed day-care centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Texas SB 708 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clardy", "Hinojosa", "Meyer", "Meza", "Raney", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3a3241-666a-4a66-ad6f-39af0c1307e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 708.xml"
source_hash: "a413b1b155136fdc8b838adab6b9c31c4fc782227791f29ecf0d047fc85df76b"
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 708 (86) — Relating to collection and use of child safety data for licensed day-care centers.

## 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/SB00708I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Clardy — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Button — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-29** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Record vote
- **2019-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** 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
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd3a3241-666a-4a66-ad6f-39af0c1307e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).