Below, please find a list of bills that TAIMH is actively tracking and working. A link is provided at the bill number to the .pdf version that was introduced to the 81st Legislature.

Early Care Bills

HB 415 Isset: Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities.
HB 429 King, Susan: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund promotion of early literacy programs in certain communities in this state.
Companion: SB 382 Van de Putte (Identical)
HB 486 Menendez: Relating to retaliation against employees of a child-care facility.
HB 601 Villarreal: Relating to licensing requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services for certain facilities and homes providing child care.
Companion: SB 773 Lucio (Identical)
HB 1123 Homer: Relating to an exemption for certain programs from the child-care licensing requirements.
HB 1393 Leibowitz: Relating to an exemption for certain facilities from the child-care licesning requirements
HB 1540 Hartnett: Relating to license requirements for certain child-care programs operated by public and private schools.
HB 1970 Gutierrez: Relating to the minimum standards for operators and employees of child-care facilities and family homes.
HB 2218 Flores: Relating to the distribution of federal child care development funds to local workforce development boards.
SB 49 Zaffirini: Relating to certain requirements applicable to the State Center for Early Childhood Development Education
SB 59 Zaffirini: Relating to training for employees and operators of certain childcare facilities.
SB 67 Nelson: Relating to the impostion of background and criminal history check requirements for operators and employees of certain facilities and agencies serving childre, the elderly, or persons who are disabled.
SB 68 Nelson: Relating to licensing and inspection requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
SB 81 Nelson: Relating to certain providers of subsidized child care.
SB 1613 Lucio: Relating to Early Childhood Behavioral Consultants.
SB 1722 Uresti: Relating to the use of child care licensing fees in the creation of an early childhood account.
Companion: HB4202
SB 1730 West: Relating to minimum training standards for employees of certain child care facilities.
SB 2022 Watson: Relating to creating an account to promote early child-care development.

Transportation Safety Bills

HB 528 Vaught: Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.
Companion: SB 61 Zaffirini (Identical)
HB 537 Berman: Relating to the transportation of children in passanger vans.
SB 61 Zaffirini: Relating to the offense of failure to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.
Companion: HB 528 Vaught (Identical)
SB 356 Carona: Relating to the frequency and content of school bus emergency evacuation training.
Companion: HB 726 Miklos (Identical)
SB 572 Shapiro: Relating to transportation safety training requirements for certain child-care providers.
Companion: HB 1901 Branch (Identical)

Parenting

HB 188 Alonzo: Relating to the rights of children and the education of parents regarding their duties as parents.
Companion: SB 773 Lucio (Identical)

Councils

SB 395 Lucio: Relating to creation of the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council.
Sb 2021 Watson: Relating to the creation of the Texas Early Learning Council.

Pre-K/K Bills

HB 130 Patrick,Diane: Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.
Companion: SB 21 Zaffirini (Identical)
HB 136 Villarreal: Relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten classes.
Companion: SB 1032 Van de Putt (Identical)
Hb 316 Raymond: Relating to mandatory kindergarten attenance in public schools.
HB 326 Raymond: Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public school.
Companion: SB 156 Ellis (Identical)
HB 327 Raymond: Relating to a grant program for after-school child-care provided by school districts.
HB 1001 Bolton: Relating to limits on the size of public school classes in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grades one through four.
HB 1241 Villarreal: Relating to student/teacher ratios and class size limits for prekindergarten classes in public schools.
HB 1891 Madden: Relating to state funding for certain children to attend certain private prekindergarten programs.
SB 122 Ellis: Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools.