---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility."
description: "Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1469"
citation: "Texas SB 1469 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Day Care (I0209)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cook", "Garcia", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e476db3a-135d-4e91-a936-f86048cabc86"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1469.xml"
source_hash: "75827598e53fc206aafcd5739b1b88677e0575c27622552d8508383d8d7590a6"
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 1469 (88) — Relating to requiring certain information before being employed by a child-care facility.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB01469I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01469E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01469H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01469S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01469F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Rereferred to committee
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Posting rule suspended
- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e476db3a-135d-4e91-a936-f86048cabc86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).