---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the temporary relocation of a residential child-care facility during a declared state of disaster."
description: "Relating to the temporary relocation of a residential child-care facility during a declared state of disaster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "Texas SB 863 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Hull"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ce8f5b-3646-44fa-bbba-1297c65fdb82"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 863.xml"
source_hash: "79a30f70ef0d4bda60d72ceef5195e010f35e8619754b26a50ff3b88c7617d2a"
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 863 (87) — Relating to the temporary relocation of a residential child-care facility during a declared state of disaster.

## 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/SB00863I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00863E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00863H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00863S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00863F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-25** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-29** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-30** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-03-30** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-03-30** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-03-30** Record vote
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Record vote
- **2021-03-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-03-31** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-22** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-03** House passage reported
- **2021-05-03** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-04** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-04** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-15** 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/e8ce8f5b-3646-44fa-bbba-1297c65fdb82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).