Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.
HB 4903 establishes the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and its governing commission to coordinate child care policies across four Texas state agencies: the Texas Workforce Commission, Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Family and Protective Services, and Texas Education Agency. The commission will review and streamline existing regulations affecting child care providers to improve access, quality, and affordability. Participating agencies must create interagency agreements to share staff and resources without impacting their standard staffing calculations. This initiative directly affects how these state agencies operate and collaborate on child care policy, not end-users like families or providers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Signed Jun 20, 2025
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May 25, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version with corrected formatting and added new sections. Substantively, the bill establishes a Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission to coordinate policies across four state agencies (Workforce, Health and Human Services, Family and Protective Services, and Education) to improve child care accessibility, quality, and affordability. The engrossed version adds new sections for public review processes, expedited review options, and public comment periods, while also clarifying the commission's authority to request information from agencies and establish review procedures.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on child care policy coordination across four specific state agencies, but the engrossed version expands the procedural framework for public participation and review processes.
REQUIREMENT
Added Section 74.008 establishing a right for the public, elected officials, and non-participating agencies to request reviews of regulations impacting child care.
Added Section 74.009 creating an expedited review process for participating agencies facing extraordinary circumstances or statutory deadlines.
Added Section 74.010 establishing specific public comment periods (30 days standard, 10 days for expedited reviews) for agency reviews.
Added Section 74.011 detailing the commission's determination process and requiring agencies to cease enforcement and withdraw inconsistent regulations.
TIMELINE
Added Section 2 requiring the first commission meeting to be held by March 31, 2026.
Added Section 3 specifying that the bill takes effect immediately if passed by a two-thirds vote, otherwise September 1, 2025.
TECHNICAL
Corrected formatting issues including page headers, line numbers, and spacing throughout the document.
Floor votes · House May 10, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
59
Key actions
19
Committee
12
Amendments
9
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 27, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 27, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
upper
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services
upper
May 13, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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