---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of violations and administrative penalties of the employment of children."
description: "Relating to the administration of violations and administrative penalties of the employment of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2459"
citation: "Texas HB 2459 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD LABOR (S0000)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Minors--General (I0537)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Bryant", "Vo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14b7973-2f85-4d17-836a-11cac88a4aae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2459.xml"
source_hash: "e343de89816281161bc88c3cfe72d94ce34045cf6074659dbe74b70a3922c7aa"
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 2459 (88) — Relating to the administration of violations and administrative penalties of the employment of children.

## 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/HB02459I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02459E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02459H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02459S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02459F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **128–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Vo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** 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** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Not again 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** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/f14b7973-2f85-4d17-836a-11cac88a4aae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).