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More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Texas Government Code to allow local boards to reimburse child-care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program at the highest rate corresponding to their rating level, without considering the provider's published rate. This reimbursement rate adjustment is permissible only if it does not compromise the commission's target performance measure for the average number of children receiving subsidized child care in the given workforce development area. The effective date of this legislation is set for Sept. 1, 2025.
Senfronia Thompson, member of the House Committee on State Affairs and vice chair of the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, proposed another 40 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Thompson graduated from Texas Southern University with a BS and again from Thurgood Marshall School of Law with a JD.
Senfronia Thompson is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 141st House district. She replaced previous state representative Gib Lewis in 1983.
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 809 | 04/08/2025 | Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage |
| HB 793 | 04/08/2025 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order |
| HB 5566 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to grand jury proceedings |
| HB 5564 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a punishment for contempt of court |
| HB 5336 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to minimum staffing standards and policies for assisted living facilities that provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and to the disclosure of those standards and policies |
| HB 5145 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the sharing and protection of certain utility proprietary customer information |
| HB 31 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings and to the treatment of children detained in or committed to a juvenile facility |
| HB 4760 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to Medicaid reimbursement for the costs of cognitive assessment and care planning services provided to certain patients |
| HB 4757 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to eligibility for membership on and the regulation of horse racing by the Texas Racing Commission and a prohibition on the conduct of greyhound or other dog racing as live events in this state; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee |
| HB 2318 | 04/02/2025 | Relating to the establishment of a statewide human trafficking data repository within the office of the attorney general and to reporting of human trafficking data to the office of the attorney general and by the attorney general |
| HB 4397 | 04/01/2025 | Relating to the creation of an auctioneer's license for heavy equipment dealers |
| HB 673 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to the eligibility of certain first responders for workers' compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder |
| HB 3536 | 03/24/2025 | Relating to the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services |
| HB 2883 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to corrective action plans for excessive emissions events involving certain concrete facilities |
| HB 2880 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to providing a designation for school district campuses that take certain action to address the mental and behavioral health and well-being of students |
| HB 2772 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of certain offenses |
| HB 1291 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to the consideration of a subsequent writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases |
| HB 1222 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing |
| HB 914 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to repealing civil asset forfeiture provisions and establishing criminal asset forfeiture in this state |
| HB 909 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to law enforcement misconduct and law enforcement interactions with certain detained or arrested individuals and other members of the public, to public entity liability for those interactions, and to the confinement, conviction, or release of detained or arrested individuals |
| HB 902 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the powers and duties of peace officers |
| HB 896 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the prohibition on the use of a neck restraint by a peace officer during a search or arrest |
| HB 888 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person |
| HB 881 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to a progressive disciplinary matrix for police officer misconduct in certain municipalities |
| HB 870 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving a controlled substance |
| HB 864 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the procedure for an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain new evidence |
| HB 858 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the date on which certain persons placed on deferred adjudication community supervision are eligible to file a petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information |
| HB 852 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to air quality permits for concrete batch plants located in certain areas |
| HB 844 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to request a hearing from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the construction of a concrete plant |
| HB 835 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to unlawful employment practices with respect to compensation and wage history |
| HB 823 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the recovery of exemplary damages based on a compensable death under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act |
| HB 728 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms, including classrooms that provide special education services |
| HB 709 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional disturbance of a child |
| HB 688 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability |
| HB 656 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors |
| HB 624 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child |
| HB 539 | 03/03/2025 | Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution |
| HB 372 | 02/28/2025 | Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress |
| HB 280 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the authority of a court to terminate the sentence of certain persons released on parole |
| HB 185 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the creation of the Mental Health and Brain Research Institute of Texas |
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