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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities."
description: "Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 781"
citation: "Texas SB 781 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day Care (I0209)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "RUNAWAY CHILDREN (S0177)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Leman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cae4282-e71f-44f2-aaaf-6f335d911566"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 781.xml"
source_hash: "af88a78298ed269b8c62403a031ead35f6f40593d99c97090c1c3a028b87822e"
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 781 (86) — Relating to the regulation of child-care facilities.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00781I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **12311** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-19** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment tabled
- **2019-05-15** Record vote
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cae4282-e71f-44f2-aaaf-6f335d911566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).