S.B. No. 462         AN ACT   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) For purposes of this section,   "child-care worker" means an individual employed by and working in   a child-care facility licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources   Code, for a minimum of 25 hours per week.  The term does not include   the owner or director of a child-care facility unless the owner's or   director's child is served in a program other than a program   directly supervised by the owner or director.          (b)  The commission shall require that any waiting list for   child-care services must establish a priority position for the   delivery of those services to children of child-care workers who   are eligible for the services.          (c)  A child-care worker whose child receives a priority   position on a waitlist as provided by Subsection (b) is subject to   redetermination of the individual's eligibility for services in   accordance with commission rule each year.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the Senate on   April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the House on   May 15, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 18, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor