Bill Commons

TX HB 2713

enacted

Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2713 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2713 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2713 about?

TX HB 2713 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the repeal of a municipal civil service system for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2713?

Darby, Metcalf, Spiller and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2713.

Introduced
2025-03-18
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Darbyprimary
  • Metcalfprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Hancockprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-18

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-18

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-04-28

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

    committee-failure

  9. 2025-04-30

    Considered in formal meeting

  10. 2025-04-30

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-05-05

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-05-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-05-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-13

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-13

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  27. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-15

    Vote taken in committee

  31. 2025-05-19

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  33. 2025-05-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

  34. 2025-05-20

    Placed on intent calendar

  35. 2025-05-25

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  36. 2025-05-25

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  37. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  40. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-25

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  45. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  46. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  47. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  49. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  50. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 112-21

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Canales: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Romero: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Morales, E.: absent
    • Ordaz: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Slawson: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 133-7

    Member-level votes (155)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bucy: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Moody: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Perez: absent
    • M: absent

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