SB 462

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