---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities."
description: "Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3597"
citation: "Texas HB 3597 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Housing--General (I0405)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickland", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8931462-09d0-4b8e-954b-541d1986e45f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3597.xml"
source_hash: "961bf6fcc321883d2ef5ac7cc01c9f6fb34e773589c39d9da06c597170421b0e"
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 3597 (89R) — Relating to public hearing requirements for issuing a license for or expanding certain residential child-care facilities.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB03597I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03597E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03597H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03597S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03597F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hickland — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-05** Record vote
- **2025-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8931462-09d0-4b8e-954b-541d1986e45f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).