Armando Walle, Texas State Representative of 140th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/RepWalle/
Armando Walle, Texas State Representative of 140th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/RepWalle/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to employee caseload limit goals for child and adult protective services and child-care licensing services and call processing goals for certain of those services’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill establishes caseload limit goals for specific categories of child and adult protective services workers and child-care licensing inspectors in Texas, effective Sept. 1, 2025. It sets average caseload targets, including 15 cases for child protective services investigators and 10 cases for family-based safety services caseworkers. For adult protective services, an average of 22 in-home cases is specified. For child-care licensing, inspectors are limited to 64 facilities, and investigators have a cap of 17 investigations. Additionally, the bill aims to reduce abuse hotline call hold times to five minutes and the abandonment rate to 25%. Progress reports are required by Dec. 1, 2026, on achieving these goals.
Armando Walle, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII and member of the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, proposed another five bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Walle graduated from the University of Houston with a BS and again from University of Houston with a JD.
Armando Walle is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 140th House district. He replaced previous state representative Kevin Bailey in 2009.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 731 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to certain duties of the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee |
| HB 697 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the applicability of prohibitions on municipal or county regulations on the rental or leasing of housing accommodations |
| HB 480 | 02/28/2025 | Relating to required provision of workers' compensation insurance coverage for employees of building and construction contractors and subcontractors |
| HB 314 | 02/28/2025 | Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits |
| HB 193 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the minimum wage |
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