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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 3153: Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3153 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to hiring and employment requirements for persons in direct contact with children at certain facilities. Primary sponsor: Helen Kerwin (Republican), Lois Kolkhorst (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Helen KerwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Lois KolkhorstPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Marc LaHoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
J.M. LozanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Royce WestCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)
  9. Record vote
  10. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
  11. Co-sponsor authorized
  12. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source