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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
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description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "HB 725"
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citation: "Texas HB 725 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "FOSTER CARE (S0064)", "Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "JACE'S LAW (PW7CT)", "PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN (S0040)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Cook", "Dominguez", "González, Mary", "Patterson", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-12-03"
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last_action: "2021-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3ed391c-73de-4d41-8809-4333c753d06f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 725.xml"
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source_hash: "e6c773cb9b0094ba21cc50e51b4d8ddc4c30f7aa10ac1dd2c948cef78344c7b2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 725 (87) — Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00725F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Allison — primary (person)
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Dominguez — primary (person)
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- González, Mary — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
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- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-03** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-01** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-03-16** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-03-23** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-03-26** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-03-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment as amended
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- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Record vote
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- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-08** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-05-04** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2021-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Record vote
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- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
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- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-04** Effective immediately `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3ed391c-73de-4d41-8809-4333c753d06f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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