---
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).