Monitoring the SessionSB 972
Died in committee
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
relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Even when their own published price is lower.
The bill lets each local workforce board pay a Texas Rising Star child-care provider the board's top reimbursement rate for that provider's quality rating, even if the provider's own published price is lower. Boards can do this only if paying the higher rate does not lower the state commission's target for how many subsidized children are served each day in that area. Child-care providers in the Texas Rising Star Program could get more money per child, starting September 1, 2025, wherever their local board chooses to use the option.
Labels: DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 353 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.QUICK READ: 140 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 140 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).
89R-SB972 · 2025-01-29
relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
Even when their own published price is lower.
The bill lets each local workforce board pay a Texas Rising Star child-care provider the board's top reimbursement rate for that provider's quality rating, even if the provider's own published price is lower. Boards can do this only if paying the higher rate does not lower the state commission's target for how many subsidized children are served each day in that area. Child-care providers in the Texas Rising Star Program could get more money per child, starting September 1, 2025, wherever their local board chooses to use the option.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · March 14, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 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.
$72,700.00
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 16, 2025 to Aug 20, 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: 101011018, 101057658.
$60,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 11, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100959783, 100987492, 101011018, 101035338, 101057658.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$72,700.00
Also funds 3 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Dec 9, 2024 to Sep 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Dec 16, 2025 to Aug 20, 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: 101011018, 101057658.
$60,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Nov 11, 2024 to Aug 31, 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: 100959783, 100987492, 101011018, 101035338, 101057658.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source
Fiscal note · version I · March 14, 2025
No first-year general revenue figure available here.
LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.
Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Zaffirini, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Feb 15, 2023: Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development
Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Jan 29, 2025
03/17/2025 S 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.
Senate committee · Economic Development · Final status: Died in committee
HB 2294 by Thompson (identical)
Day Care
The text as introduced · 140 words
89R7937 MM-F By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 972 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Each board may reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating level regardless of the provider's published rate only if paying the higher reimbursement rate does not reduce the commission's target performance measure for the average number of children served each day for children receiving subsidized child care in the workforce development area served by the board. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.