---
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).