---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission."
description: "Relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1555"
citation: "Texas SB 1555 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS (V0136)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Raney", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c377ee6-18b9-4ffb-8851-8df10d273233"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1555.xml"
source_hash: "4695c34820efcfb930283b3f146d527b544912ef05a79680b2a1a0633a57ae7a"
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 1555 (87) — Relating to establishing reimbursement rates for certain child-care providers participating in the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.

## 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/SB01555I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01555E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01555H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01555S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01555F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **120–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-04** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-04** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** House passage reported
- **2021-05-05** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-06** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** 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/6c377ee6-18b9-4ffb-8851-8df10d273233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).