Monitoring the Session

HB 4113

bill raising child-care ratings for crash-rated bollards

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Ray LopezDHouse 125

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 the rating of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Barriers near playgrounds and entrances earn a higher Texas Rising Star rating.

The bill tells the Texas Workforce Commission to give a higher Texas Rising Star quality rating to child-care providers that install crash-rated bollards or similar safety barriers near playgrounds, entrances and other places where children and staff gather. It touches child-care providers in the Texas Rising Star Program and the commission, which must write rules to run the change. On the ground, providers that put up these barriers can earn a better rating, though the section heading mentions a grant program that the text never actually creates.

Labels

Labels: PENDING FOREVER. Heard by the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee on May 7, 2025 and left pending. Never voted out. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB4113 · 2025-03-07

SOLD BY

Rep. Ray LopezDHouse 125

ITEM

relating to the rating of child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers.

WHAT IT DOES

Barriers near playgrounds and entrances earn a higher Texas Rising Star rating.

The bill tells the Texas Workforce Commission to give a higher Texas Rising Star quality rating to child-care providers that install crash-rated bollards or similar safety barriers near playgrounds, entrances and other places where children and staff gather. It touches child-care providers in the Texas Rising Star Program and the commission, which must write rules to run the change. On the ground, providers that put up these barriers can earn a better rating, though the section heading mentions a grant program that the text never actually creates.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ray Lopez

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5KTexas Sands PAC$4KValero Energy Corporation PAC$3K

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 5, 2024 to May 29, 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$5,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash
$5,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$5,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 18, 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 23, 2024. 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: 100987088.

Valero Energy Corporation PAC$3,000.00

Valero Energy Corporation PAC

$3,000.00

Cash
$3,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$3,000.00

Also funds 94 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 9, 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash
$5,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$5,000.00

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 · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 18, 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: 100987088, 101031958.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 23, 2024. 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: 100987088.

×

Valero Energy Corporation PAC

$3,000.00

Cash
$3,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$3,000.00

Also funds 94 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 9, 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: 100987088, 101031958.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · May 5, 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 7, 2025

05/07/2025 H Left pending in committee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

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 · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Day Care

Safety

WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 178 words

By: Lopez of Bexar
H.B. No. 4113

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the rating of child-care providers participating in the

Texas Rising Star Program that install certain safety barriers.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 2308.3157 to read as follows:

Sec. 2308.3157. OUTDOOR SAFETY FEATURES FOR TEXAS RISING

STAR PROGRAM PROVIDERS; GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall

provide for a higher rating under the Texas Rising Star Program for

a child-care provider that installs crash-rated bollards or other

similar safety barriers adjacent to areas of the child-care

provider's facility where children and staff are most likely to

gather including playgrounds and entrances to the facility.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules to administer this

section.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt rules

necessary to implement Section 2308.3157, Government Code, as added

by this Act.

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