Monitoring the Session

HB 2271

bill making day-care centers report open slots

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Capacity, enrollment and openings go on the commission’s availability portal.

The bill requires every day-care center, group day-care home, and family home to report its total capacity, current enrollment by age group, and open slots to the Texas Workforce Commission. The commission must post this information on its child care availability portal so parents can find openings near them. Providers must report any change in enrollment or capacity within 30 days, under rules to be written by the Health and Human Services Commission, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 10, 2025. Died in the Senate: received, never referred to a committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2271 · 2025-01-30

SOLD BY

Rep. Armando WalleDHouse 140 Rep. Angie Chen ButtonRHouse 112

ITEM

relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment information for certain day-care centers.

WHAT IT DOES

Capacity, enrollment and openings go on the commission’s availability portal.

The bill requires every day-care center, group day-care home, and family home to report its total capacity, current enrollment by age group, and open slots to the Texas Workforce Commission. The commission must post this information on its child care availability portal so parents can find openings near them. Providers must report any change in enrollment or capacity within 30 days, under rules to be written by the Health and Human Services Commission, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
  15. Considered in Calendars
  16. Placed on General State Calendar
  17. Read 2nd time
  18. Passed to engrossment
  19. Record vote RV#1909
  20. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  21. Read 3rd time
  22. Passed
  23. Record vote RV#1995
  24. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  25. Reported engrossed
  26. Received from the House
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 79 yea · 52 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 10, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Armando Walle

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$43KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$18KBorder Health PAC$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 4, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$42,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 19, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$17,500.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

Border Health PAC$10,000.00

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101027868.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$42,500.00

Cash
$42,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$42,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 19, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985345, 101012323, 101027868, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$17,500.00

Cash
$17,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$17,500.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 25, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100985345, 101012323, 101056902, 101071964.

×

Border Health PAC

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 17 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 28, 2024 to Aug 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 15, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101027868.

Votes2

House May 10, 2025

Yea
79
Nay
52
Present, not voting
1
Absent
5
Excused
13
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1995

HB 2271 was passed by (Record 1995): 79 Yeas, 52 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 79 (published)
  • Nay: 52 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 1 (published)
  • Absent: 5 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 13 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 9, 2025

Yea
87
Nay
52
Present, not voting
2
Absent
2
Excused
7
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1909

CSHB 2271 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1909): 87 Yeas, 52 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 87 (published)
  • Nay: 52 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 2 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 7 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses16
For
14
Against
1
On
1
Names

For

  • Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission1 registration
  • Child Care Associates1 registration
  • Children at Risk1 registration
  • Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition1 registration
  • Texans Care for Children1 registration
  • Texas 20361 registration
  • Texas Association of Goodwills1 registration
  • Texas Business Leadership Council1 registration
  • Texas Economic Development Council1 registration
  • Texas Restaurant Association, Employers for Childcare Taskforce1 registration
  • United Ways of Texas1 registration
  • Wonderschool1 registration

Against

  • Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association1 registration

On

  • Texas Workforce Commission1 registration
Sources

16 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · April 25, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 30, 2025

05/12/2025 S Received from the House

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Day Care

Human Services--Child Services

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION

WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 272 words

89R10568 MM-D

By: Walle
H.B. No. 2271

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to collecting and sharing capacity and enrollment

information for certain day-care centers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,

is amended by adding Section 42.0413 to read as follows:

Sec. 42.0413. SUBMISSION OF CAPACITY AND ENROLLMENT DATA.

(a) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family home

shall submit capacity and enrollment information to the Texas

Workforce Commission and the commission shall include the

information on the commission's child care availability portal to

allow parents to locate day-care centers, group day-care homes, and

family homes in their geographic region that have available

openings.

(b) The information provided under this section must

include:

(1) information regarding the day-care center's, group

day-care home's, or family home's desired total capacity; and

(2) the following information disaggregated by age

group:

(A) the number of children currently enrolled in

the center or home; and

(B) the number of positions the center or home

has available for enrollment.

(c) Each day-care center, group day-care home, and family

home shall notify the Texas Workforce Commission of any change in

the enrollment information as soon as practicable but not later

than the 30th day after the date of any change in enrollment or

capacity.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human

Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement

Section 42.0413, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.