---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and family homes."
description: "Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and family homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Texas SB 225 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "ELLIE'S LAW (PQ1LU)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paxton", "Sanford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1161f60c-239b-4110-af58-775e1169e295"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 225.xml"
source_hash: "00f0de927099b04811bd8b96d86c3e6cd0e2429fc58eb901a97c8ce63ba9fac2"
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 225 (87) — Relating to the regulation of certain child-care facilities and family homes.

## 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/SB00225I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00225E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00225H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00225S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00225F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paxton — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-05-03** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Record vote
- **2021-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Read
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** 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/1161f60c-239b-4110-af58-775e1169e295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).