Bill Commons

TX HB 2488

enacted

Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 2488 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2488 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX HB 2488 about?

TX HB 2488 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system by remote communication.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2488?

Alvarado, Harris Davila, Hefner and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2488, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Harris Davilaprimary
  • Hefnerprimary
  • Lujanprimary
  • Barryprimary
  • Bell, Keithprimary
  • Morales Shawcosponsor
  • Florescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-05

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  5. 2025-03-25

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  6. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  7. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in subcommittee

  8. 2025-04-02

    Recalled from subcommittee

  9. 2025-04-02

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-02

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-04-10

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-04-10

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-04-11

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-04-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-04-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-22

    Passed to engrossment

  18. 2025-04-22

    Record vote

  19. 2025-04-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-23

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-04-23

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-04-23

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-04-23

    Received from the House

    introduction

  25. 2025-04-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-04-24

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  28. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-23

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-25

    Considered in public hearing

  32. 2025-05-25

    Vote taken in committee

  33. 2025-05-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-26

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  35. 2025-05-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-05-28

    Placed on intent calendar

  37. 2025-05-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  41. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  48. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  49. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  51. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-22 · pass · 147-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • 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
    • Bucy: 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, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • Moody: 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
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-23 · pass · 145-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • Bucy: 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, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: 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
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Shaw: absent
    • Tepper: absent
    • VanDeave: absent

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2488 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Kolkhorst: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02400_HB02499/HB 2488.xml

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:33:51.767464Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=TX&identifier=HB 2488. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.