By: West S.B. No. 599
(In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
Services; March 24, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
March 24, 2025, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 599 By: Hancock
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a
licensed, registered, or listed group day-care home or family home.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 250.014. GROUP DAY-CARE HOME AND FAMILY HOME
REGULATORY CERTAINTY. A political subdivision may not adopt or
enforce an ordinance, order, or other measure that requires a group
day-care home or family home licensed, registered, or listed under
Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, to comply with health and safety
standards that exceed the standards established by statute or
Health and Human Services Commission rule.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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