Monitoring the Session

HB 3807

bill moves child-care workers’ kids up the waiting list

Companion SB 462 became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Caroline Harris DavilaRHouse 52

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 establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The catch: stay in Texas child care until a year after care starts.

The bill requires local workforce development boards that keep waiting lists for subsidized child care to move eligible children of child-care workers up the list. In exchange, those workers must keep working in Texas child care until one year after their child starts care. If a worker leaves the field early, the state workforce commission reviews the case and may cut off the child's care.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3807 · 2025-03-05

SOLD BY

Rep. Caroline Harris DavilaRHouse 52 Rep. Claudia OrdazDHouse 79 Rep. Angie Chen ButtonRHouse 112

+ 1 more author, 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

WHAT IT DOES

The catch: stay in Texas child care until a year after care starts.

The bill requires local workforce development boards that keep waiting lists for subsidized child care to move eligible children of child-care workers up the list. In exchange, those workers must keep working in Texas child care until one year after their child starts care. If a worker leaves the field early, the state workforce commission reviews the case and may cut off the child's care.

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 16, 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 s/c on Workforce by Speaker
  4. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
  5. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  6. Committee substitute considered in s/c
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  8. Left pending in subcommittee
  9. Recalled from subcommittee
  10. Considered in public hearing
  11. Committee substitute considered in committee
  12. Reported favorably as substituted
  13. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  14. Committee report distributed
  15. Committee report sent to Calendars
  16. Considered in Calendars
  17. Placed on General State Calendar
  18. Companion considered in lieu of SB 462
  19. Laid on the table subject to call
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Caroline Harris Davila

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$961KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$739KCourt Reform Action for Familes Texas PAC$75K

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 · Oct 27, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$960,552.08

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$960,552.08

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$875,552.08
Total
$960,552.08
advertising $595,238.00mail $237,770.40polling $42,460.35fundraiser $83.33

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 23, 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: 101008087, 101031516, 101035818, 101040655, 101057099, 101067933, 101070037.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$739,102.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$739,102.00

Cash
$200,000.00
Paid by others
$539,102.00
Total
$739,102.00
canvassing $430,352.00advertising $100,000.00polling $8,750.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101067933, 101070037.

Court Reform Action for Familes Texas PAC$75,000.00

Court Reform Action for Familes Texas PAC

$75,000.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$75,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 6, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 6, 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: 101070037.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$960,552.08

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$875,552.08
Total
$960,552.08
advertising $595,238.00mail $237,770.40polling $42,460.35fundraiser $83.33

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 23, 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: 101008087, 101031516, 101035818, 101040655, 101057099, 101067933, 101070037.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$739,102.00

Cash
$200,000.00
Paid by others
$539,102.00
Total
$739,102.00
canvassing $430,352.00advertising $100,000.00polling $8,750.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

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

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101067933, 101070037.

×

Court Reform Action for Familes Texas PAC

$75,000.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$75,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Oct 6, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 6, 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: 101070037.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses17
For
16
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission1 registration
  • Children at Risk1 registration
  • Dallas Regional Chamber1 registration
  • Every Texan (cppp)1 registration
  • Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • KinderCare Learning Companies1 registration
  • Methodist Healthcare Ministries1 registration
  • National Association of Social Workers-Texas1 registration
  • Self; Early Matters texas1 registration
  • Self; Toya's Precious Jewels1 registration
  • Texans Care for Children1 registration
  • Texas Association of Business1 registration
  • Texas Restaurant Association1 registration
  • Texas State Alliance of YMCAs1 registration
  • TexProtects1 registration
  • United Ways of Texas1 registration

On

  • Texas Workforce Commission1 registration
Sources

17 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 16, 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 Mar 5, 2025

05/14/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

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

Coauthors
Joanne ShofnerRHouse 11

House committee · Trade, Workforce & Economic Development · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Companion

SB 462 by Kolkhorst (identical)

Subjects

Day Care

Labor--Workforce Development

WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 212 words

89R3579 MM-D

By: Harris Davila
H.B. No. 3807

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to establishing a child-care services waiting list

priority for the children of certain child-care workers.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is

amended by adding Section 302.0064 to read as follows:

Sec. 302.0064. CHILD-CARE SERVICES WAITING LIST PRIORITY

FOR CHILD-CARE WORKERS. (a) A local workforce development board

that maintains a waiting list for child-care services shall give a

priority on the waiting list to children of child-care workers who

are eligible for those services.

(b) A child-care worker whose child receives a priority

position on a waiting list as provided by Subsection (a) must

continue to work as a child-care worker in the state until the first

anniversary of the date the worker's child is placed in child-care

services for which there was a waiting list.

(c) If a child-care worker whose child received a priority

under this section leaves the child-care workforce before the end

of the time period described by Subsection (b), the commission

shall review the circumstances of the child-care worker's

employment and may terminate child-care services for the worker's

child.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.