---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs."
description: "Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Texas HB 1615 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Button", "Morales Shaw", "Murr", "Raney", "Talarico"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68eb3bc0-ea5f-4cc5-91e2-907dfce3eeb8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1615.xml"
source_hash: "b69070418f2095eaca8ade9d3c879c7b102b78c2964b176ad620cb5b7ebd3a38"
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 1615 (88) — Relating to strategies to increase the availability of child-care and prekindergarten programs.

## 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/HB01615I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01615E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01615H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01615S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01615F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **126–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Button — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Raney — primary (person)
- Talarico — primary (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to International Relations & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-10** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-12** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/68eb3bc0-ea5f-4cc5-91e2-907dfce3eeb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).