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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill requires day-care centers serving infants and toddlers to install and operate video cameras by 2026
Last action · March 12, 2025: Referred to Human ServicesSponsors: Hernandez and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Day-care centers serving children age two or younger must install and continuously operate video recording equipment in all areas occupied by young children starting January 1, 2026, with strict confidentiality rules governing who can view the footage.
Day-care facilities must purchase and maintain video recording equipment, retain footage for at least 30 days, and restrict video access strictly to parents, employees, and investigators involved in reported incidents.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Day-care centers
Day-care centers serving children age two or younger must purchase, install, and operate video recording equipment, retain footage for at least 30 days, and manage restricted access to the videos.
Children two years of age or younger
Areas occupied by young children must be visually monitored and recorded during operating hours.
Parents of children in day-care
Parents gain the right to request and view recorded video if their child is involved in an alleged incident reported to the commission.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which day-care facilities are required to install video recording equipment?
Are diaper-changing areas and bathrooms required to be filmed?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Human Services
- Mar 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Dec 10, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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